2 Stockwell Street, Greenwich, SE10 9JN Data via plota.co.uk

25/2537/F - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Retrospective application for the external painting of the full facade of the building and all associated jobs. Change the name of the restaurant, painting the logo and to add flowers with pots on the top of the external facade.(this application affects the setting of the locally listed 2 Stockwell Street). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Aug 2025
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Validated
30 Jan 2026
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Consultation
5 Mar 2026
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Approved
27 Mar 2026

Approved on 27 Mar 2026 · Delegation · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Licence at this address

  • Licence El Alquimista Premises licence · in force since 14 Dec 2023 · elsewhere in the building Alcohol, recorded music, dancing
    Food hygiene rating: 5 (Very good)Inspected 12 Nov 2025

Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.

Site constraints 12

Grade II listed: Numbers 8, 9 and Linking Block (Spread Eagle Yard)
List entry 1078947 · 12 m away · 23 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 21 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show the other 23 with distances
Historic England ↗
World heritage site: Maritime Greenwich
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Blackheath conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Archaeological priority area
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Greenwich AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
National infrastructure project 104 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 104 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Silvertown Tunnel (decided, 1806 m); London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, 7 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Town centre: Greenwich West
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument 182 m away: Greenwich Palace; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Greenwich built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 5 (very good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI), Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Greenwich
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
SE10 9JN
Received
5 Aug 2025
Validated
30 Jan 2026
Ward
GREENWICH PARK
Parish
Greenwich
Case officer
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Target decision
27 Mar 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
27 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegation
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 85% of signs and adverts here are.

58%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
35decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Greenwich in the last twelve months, from validation. Greenwich decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14177818
Planning Portal ref
PP-14177818
Consultation
5 Mar 2026
Comments by
4 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
27 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Greenwich
Planning Authority Score
5.4/10
Average
#123 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Greenwich is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #76 out of 296. Only 29% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Greenwich is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 78% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 78% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Greenwich decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
77%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #278 of 296
78%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #287 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #76 of 296
29%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #49 of 296
60%
Minor dwellings approved
114 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
66%
Change of use approved
195 decided
1,468
Total decisions
331 refused in the year to March 2026

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