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30 Benares Road, London, SE18 1HY

26/1169/CPCert. of Lawful Use/Dev - PROPOSEDApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 August 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) is sought for Proposed rear roof dormer extension to facilitate internal accommodation improvements to an existing small House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) for up to six residents (Use Class C4).

Received
15 April 2026
Ward
PLUMSTEAD & GLYNDON
Agent
Forward Architecture Ltd
  1. Received15 Apr
  2. Validated15 Apr
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 125 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 30 BENARES ROAD, LONDON, SE18 1HY. Greenwich has handled 669 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 10 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 143 applications across PLUMSTEAD & GLYNDON. We hold 1,521 applications in total for the SE18 postcode area.

77% of outline 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 1HY
Application type
Cert. of Lawful Use/Dev - PROPOSED
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woolwich & Thamesmead

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 April 2026
Last date for comments
10 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Forward Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
FORWARD ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Unit D Broomsleigh Business Park, Worsley Bridge Road, Sydenham, SE26 5BN

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14857024
Documents
8
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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 (22)

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, Heritage at Risk entries, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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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