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Thames House, 7-9 Wellington Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6PQ

26/0976/FFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 September 2026

Council decision: Approve14 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a two-storey upward extension to existing mixed use building to create seven (7) additional residential units with associated private terrace areas, cycle parking and refuse storage

Received
25 March 2026
Ward
WOOLWICH ARSENAL
Agent
Beamish Planning Consultancy
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 170 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Thames House, 7-9 Wellington Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6PQ. Greenwich has handled 1,022 applications of this type. This one was decided in 170 days, 16 weeks longer than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across WOOLWICH ARSENAL. We hold 1,521 applications in total for the SE18 postcode area.

74% of full applications at Royal Borough of Greenwich were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SE18 6PQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woolwich & Thamesmead

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
13 May 2026
Consultation start
13 April 2026
Consultation end
13 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 May 2026
Last date for comments
20 May 2026
Target decision date
11 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Beamish Planning Consultancy
Agent address
Apartment 231, River Crescent, Waterside Way, Nottingham, NG2 4RE

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
13 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14809682
Documents
28
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Heritage at Risk Register: Woolwich Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: ōThomas St phases 3 & 4, Thomas St, Woolwich New Rd & Wellington St WoolwichōRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Greenwich

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