Land adjacent to and including the former Stone Foundries, 669A Woolwich Road and the VIP Industrial Estate… Data via plota.co.uk

26/2370/EIA - Scoping Opinion (EIA) Registered
Commercial & major worksUtility infrastructureCommercial premises

Proposal

Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) comprising a 100,000 sqm Gross External Area (GEA) data centre with ancillary offices, internal plant, and substations, alongside up to 10,000 sqm GEA of mixed-use space including Use Classes E(g)(i-iii), B2, B8, and F2(a-c). The scheme includes varied massing across the site, ranging from the retained Stone Foundry at 17 m AOD and an SME building at 22 m AOD, up to an office building at 32 m AOD, a data centre with a maximum of 45 m AOD. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Aug 2026
✓
Consultation
10 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 1 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 16 Oct 2026, from Greenwich's recent utility and infrastructure works.

A re-consultation started on 10 Sept 2026. The council has not yet published the new comment deadline.

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 5

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Appendix a Historic desk based assessment Report · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Appendix b Preliminary geo-environmental risk assessment Report · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF Acknowledgement letter Correspondence · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Eia scoping report Report · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Appendix c Uxo reports Report · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 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 ↗
National infrastructure project: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is inside the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Silvertown Tunnel (decided, 1660 m); London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, 336 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 ↗
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 ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Greenwich built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 0 (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

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
Scoping Opinion (EIA)
Postcode
SE7 8SL
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
7 Aug 2026
Ward
CHARLTON VILLAGE & RIVERSIDE
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Marie Jasper

Decision outlook

Day 63, past the statutory target. 73% of utility and infrastructure works in Greenwich are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 6 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 8 Oct 2026.

Day 637 days past the 56-day target
45%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
34decided 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

4comments received
4 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
10 Sept 2026
Comments by
8 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings