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26/2493/CP - Cert. of Lawful Use/Dev - PROPOSED Registered

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) is sought for installation of 1no. car charging units measuring 1.95m in height to serve 2no. car parking spaces. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
21 Aug 2026
Validated
5 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 31 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 31 Oct 2026 and 29 Nov 2026, from Greenwich's recent utility and infrastructure works.

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Metropolitan Open Land
Green belt level protection inside London.
The London Plan gives Metropolitan Open Land the same protection as green belt: inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
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 ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 474 m away: Sutcliffe Park; Inside the Greenwich built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Cert. of Lawful Use/Dev - PROPOSED
Postcode
SE9 5LU
Received
21 Aug 2026
Validated
5 Sept 2026
Ward
MIDDLE PARK & HORN PARK
Parish
Eltham & Kidbrooke
Case officer
Show
Applicant
Show
Agent
NJPlanning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 9 of the 56-day target. Greenwich usually decides utility and infrastructure works by day 70.

Day 961 days to the predicted decision (day 70)
42%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
26decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 9 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15175572
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