Planning application
THE OLD TIMBER YARD, 162A WOOLWICH ROAD, LONDON, SE7 7RA
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Proposal
Retrospective application for the change of use of the Old Timber Yard to Use Class B8 and siting...
As published by the council, reference 26/1839/F
Application record
- Reference
- 26/1839/F
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 22 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 15 Sep 2026
- Ward
- GREENWICH PENINSULA
- Parish
- Greenwich
- Postcode
- SE7 7RA
Comment by 13 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Greenwich through their own planning portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Greenwich register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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25/3570/F Refused
THE OLD TIMBER YARD, 162A WOOLWICH ROAD, LONDON, SE7 7RA
Retrospective application for the change of use of the Old Timber Yard to Use Class B8.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jun 2026
Received by Greenwich
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15 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 10 November 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.
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
- Land contamination preliminary risk assessment
- Land contamination preliminary risk assessment
- Land contamination preliminary risk assessment
- Land contamination preliminary risk assessment
- Land contamination preliminary risk assessment
- Land contamination preliminary risk assessment
- Land contamination preliminary risk assessment
- Land contamination preliminary risk assessment
- Acknowledgement letter
- Location plan - rev 2
- Transport statement
- Statement of reasonable exemption fire safety planning statement
- Flood risk assessment
- Delivery servicing plan
- Drawing pack rev 01
- Panning statement
- Application form redacted
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Greenwich for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Greenwich decided full applications in a median of 82 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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