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Riverside House East, Beresford Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6BU

Awaiting decision Greenwich 26/0909/EIA Screening Opinion (EIA)

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Request for an EIA Screening Opinion in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for the development of 42 Affordable Residential Homes (Use Class C3) and circa 320 room Purpose Built Student Accommodation (Use Class Sui Generis) of up to 15 storeys in height, along with student amenity space, cycle parking, refuse/recycling storage, plant and landscaping.

As published by the council, reference 26/0909/EIA

Application record

Reference
26/0909/EIA
Type
Screening Opinion (EIA)
Status
Registered
Received
6 Mar 2026
Validated
6 Mar 2026
Ward
WOOLWICH ARSENAL
Parish
Woolwich & Thamesmead
Postcode
SE18 6BU

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Mar 2026

    Received by Greenwich

  2. 11 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 1 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Greenwich took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

What happens while it is decided

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