Woolwich Crossrail Station East Ventilation Shaft, Arsenal Way, Woolwich, SE18 - Ref: 21/4329/F
October 21, 2025 Planning Board (Committee) Approved View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
...to grant full planning permission, subject to conditions, a Stage II referral to the Mayor of London, and the completion of a Section 106 agreement, for a mixed-use development including residential dwellings, non-residential floor space, the Woolwich Crossrail Station east ventilation shaft, and associated works at Arsenal Way, Woolwich, SE18.
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Resolved that full planning
permission be granted for the demolition of
existing sub-station and wall for the construction of a mixed use
development comprising residential dwellings (Use Class C3),
non-residential floor space (Use Class E) within four buildings
surrounding a central landscaped podium and the east ventilation
shaft and service buildings of Woolwich Crossrail Station. All with
associated sub-station, cycle and car parking, access, servicing,
highway, and public realm works and landscaping.
That consent was subject
to:
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A stage II referral of the application to the Mayor
of London as required under the terms of the Town and Country
Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008
·
the conditions, set out in Appendix 2 of the main
report and its addendum, to be detailed in the notice of
determination
·
the prior completion of an agreement under Section
106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 containing the
planning obligations summarised in the heads of terms set out in
Section 32 of the main report.
That the Assistant Director
(Planning & Building Control) the authorised to:
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make any minor changes to the detailed wording of
the recommended conditions as set out in Appendix 2 of the report
and its addendum, where the Assistant Director (Planning &
Building Control) considers it appropriate, before issuing the
decision notice
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finalise the detailed terms of the planning
obligations pursuant to Section 106 of the Town and Country
Planning Act 1990, as set out in Section 34 of the
report.
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Members confirming in their decision that account
has been taken of environmental information, as required by
Regulation 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental
Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017;
§
A statement being placed on the statutory register
confirming the main reasons and consideration of which the Planning
Board decision was based as required by Regulation 29 of the Town
and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations
2017;
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To consider, in the event that the Section 106
Agreement has not been completed within three (3) months of the
date of the Planning Board resolution, whether consent should be
refused on the grounds that the agreement has not been completed
within the appropriate timescale, and that the proposals are
unacceptable in the absence of the recommended planning
obligations; and if the Assistant Director (Planning & Building
Control) considers it appropriate, to determine the application
with reasons for refusal which will include the
following:
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In the absence of a legal agreement to secure
financial and non-financial obligations including affordable
housing, health infrastructure, highways, training, local
employment, equal opportunities and energy and sustainability the
development would fail to deliver affordable housing and fails to
mitigate its impact on highways and would therefore be contrary to
policies H4, H5, T4, T6, S4, S12 and S14 of the London Plan (2021)
and policies H2, IM1, IM4, IM(a), IM(b) and IM(c) of the Royal
Greenwich Local Plan: Core Strategy with Detailed Policies (Adopted
July 2014) and the Planning obligations (s106) Guidance SPD
(adopted July 2015).
Related Meeting
Planning Board - Tuesday, 21st October, 2025 6.30 pm on October 21, 2025
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| Outcome | Recommendations Approved |
| Decision date | 21 Oct 2025 |