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Island Site, Wellington Street, Woolwich, SE18

Granted Greenwich 22/3162/F Full Planning Permission

Works: Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

The redevelopment (together with demolition and part demolition of existing buildings) and refurbishment of the Island Site to provide co-living accommodation (Use Class Sui Generis), residential dwellings (Use Class C3(a)), community uses (Use Class E(d) and F2(b)), retail (Use Class E(a)), restaurants and cafes (Use Class E(b)) and offices (Use Class E(c)), new public realm with hard and soft landscaping, highways works, car parking, cycle parking, refuse and recycling storage, plant, external amenity space and associated works.

As published by the council, reference 22/3162/F

Application record

Reference
22/3162/F
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Decided
Decision
Approve
Received
22 Aug 2022
Validated
16 Mar 2023
Decided
22 Dec 2025
Ward
WOOLWICH ARSENAL
Parish
Woolwich & Thamesmead
Decision by
Planning Board

Site history

Applications at this address on the Greenwich register

This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 22/3163/L Granted

    Island Site, Wellington Street, Woolwich SE18

    Internal and external alterations, demolition, repair and refurbishment works to the Grade II listed University of Greenwich, Woolwich Campus: Original Building, Gymnasium to Rear and Corner Entrance Range to facilitate the change of use of the building to twenty residential dwellings (Use Class C3(a)), together with community uses (Use Class E(d) and F2(b)) at the basement level and co-living communal space (within the Gymnasium) (Use Class Sui Generis)

    Decided 22 Dec 2025 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 21/1752/EIA Decided

    ISLAND SITE, WELLINGTON STREET, WOOLWICH, SE18

    Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion under Regulation 6(1) of The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (the 'EIA Regulations') for redevelopment of the site to provide circa 660 co-living units, leisure and entertainment (Class D2), a dance school (Class D1) and a mix of shops, restaurants and office (Class E) uses with associated parking and servicing arrangements, amenity and open space.

    Decided 14 Jun 2021 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Aug 2022

    Received by Greenwich

  2. 16 Mar 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 22 Dec 2025

    Decision issued: Approve

  4. 31 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in London

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Documents

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105 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Greenwich granted permission on 22 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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