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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Royal Borough of Greenwich. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,498 approved · 568 refused · 145 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Mar 2003 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
6 SAUNDERS ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 1NU
Received 25 Jul 202512 PINNELL ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 6AJ
Received 25 Jul 202549 CONGREVE ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1LW
Received 25 Jul 202547 SHAWBROOKE ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 6AL
Received 25 Jul 202514 CROOMS HILL, GREENWICH, SE10 8ER
Received 25 Jul 202526 COLOMB STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9EW
Received 28 Jul 2025FORMER LORRY PARK (ADJACENT TO STUDIO 338) LOCATED ON CORNER OF BOORD STREET AND MILLENNIUM WAY, GREENWICH, LONDON SE10
Received 25 Jul 202553B DEVONSHIRE DRIVE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8JZ
Received 7 Jul 2025GREENWICH PENINSULA MASTERPLAN, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10
Received 10 Jul 2025FLAT 2, VANBRUGH CASTLE, 121 MAZE HILL, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8XQ
Received 14 Jul 2025GREENWICH PENINSULA MASTERPLAN, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10
Received 11 Jul 2025401 WESTHORNE AVENUE, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE12 9AB
Received 18 Jul 202523 BRODRICK GROVE, ABBEY WOOD, LONDON, SE2 0SR
Received 17 Jul 202529 WESTMOUNT ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1JB
Received 17 Jul 202523 SHOOTERS HILL ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7AS
Received 28 Jul 2025BUS STOP OUTSIDE 254, WOOLWICH CHURCH STREET, WOOLWICH, SE18 5NE
Received 28 Jul 2025Opposite McDonads, Woolwich Church Street, London SE18 5NS
Received 28 Jul 2025The O2, Peninsula Square, Greenwich, London, SE10 0DX
Received 28 Jul 202555 MEREWORTH DRIVE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3ED
Received 28 Jul 2025BUS STOP OUTSIDE 47-52 HICKIN CLOSE, CHARLTON, LONDON, SE7 8SH
Received 28 Jul 202576 FOOTSCRAY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 2SU
Received 28 Jul 2025BUILDING 2 AT GREENWICH PIER, CUTTY SARK GARDENS, GREENWICH, SE10 9HT
Received 28 Jul 2025TRAFALGAR TAVERN, PARK ROW, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9NW
Received 28 Jul 2025Wick Tower, 138 Powis Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6LR
Received 28 Jul 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Royal Borough of Greenwich, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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