The planning applications come amid concerns over an “upward surge” in family homes being converted into HMOs in the borough.
As of the July 23 this year, there were 811 licensed HMOs in the borough.
Neighbours in Eltham and Shooters Hill have told the News Shopper that they are worried about the conversions and want the local authority to introduce stricter rules.
Last week, Greenwich Council committed to reviewing its HMO policy as part of a new local plan, a document which will provide a blueprint for planning decisions in the borough over the next 15 years.
Councillors backed a motion that would require the local plan to “strengthen protections on HMOs and minimise the further loss of family homes”.
They also asked that an “oversaturation” planning policy be introduced to prevent new HMOs in highly-concentrated areas of the borough.
In total, 17 planning applications were submitted to the local authority in July asking to change existing homes into HMOs.
These included proposals for HMOs with up to eight bedrooms, as well as two separate applications for the same property in Montbelle Road, Eltham.
Last month, the council also approved five new HMOs in the borough and confirmed that three existing HMOs were lawful.
Plans for three new HMOs were refused over the same time period, while one existing shared home was declared not to be lawful.
One HMO planning application was withdrawn by the owner in July.
Here is a full list of the Greenwich HMO planning applications submitted, approved, refused and withdrawn in July.
Submitted
- 73 Brewery Road, Plumstead – change of use from an existing single-family house to a seven-bed, seven-person HMO
- 33 Waverley Crescent, Plumstead – change of use from an existing home to an eight-bed, eight-person HMO
- 3 Saunders Road, Plumstead – change of use from an existing home to a four-bed, four-person HMO
- 16 Montbelle Road, Eltham – change of use from a single house to a eight-unit large HMO
- 16 Montbelle Road, Eltham – change of use from a single house to a four-bed, four-person HMO
- 316 Plumstead High Street – dormer extension and the change of use from a single house to an eight-bed, eight-person HMO
- 1C Ancaster Street, Plumstead – change of use from existing single-family house to a six-bed, eight-person HMO
- 91 Conway Road, Plumstead – change of use from an existing house into a five-bed, five-person HMO
- 11 Genesta Road, Plumstead – change of use from a single-family house to a eight-bed, eight-person HMO
- 32 Roydene Road, Plumstead – change of use from existing single-family house to a six-bed, six-person HMO
- 76 Conway Road, Plumstead – change of use of single family house to six-bedroom small HMO with a maximum of six people
- 54 Eastbrook Road, Kidbrooke – change of use from a house to small HMO
- 103 McLeod Road, Abbey Wood – change of use from an existing single-family house to a six-bed, six-person HMO
- 31 Bostall Lane, Abbey Wood – change of use from an existing home to a seven-bed, seven-person HMO
- 35 Ceres Road, Plumstead – retrospective change of use from a single house into a four-bed, four-person HMO
- 244A Green Lane, Eltham – change of use of the upper floor flat to a five-bedroom HMO
- 50 Church Manorway, Abbey Wood – change of use of a single family house to a three bedroom HMO with maximum capacity of six people
Approved
- 14 Balgowan Street, Plumstead – certificate of lawfulness (existing) is sought for use of property as an HMO
- 70 Ceres Road, Plumstead – certificate of lawfulness (existing) is sought for use of property as an HMO
- 50 Miriam Road, Plumstead – certificate of lawfulness (existing) is sought for use of property as an HMO
- 40 Arbroath Road, Eltham – change of use from house to HMO
- 19 Bramblebury Road, Plumstead – Change of use from an existing to a six-bed, six-person HMO
- 15 Bastion Road, Abbey Wood – change of use from an existing house to a seven-bed, seven-person HMO
- 98 Meadowside, Eltham – change of use from a single house to an HMO to provide six bedrooms
- 21 Donaldson Road, Plumstead – change of use from existing single-family house to a five-bed, five-person HMO
Refused
- 181 Bracondale Road, Abbey Wood – change of use from an existing single-family house to a five-bedroom, six-person HMO
- 75 Plum Lane, Plumstead – change of use from an existing house to an eight-bed, eight-person HMO
- 23-25 Greenwich Church Street – change of use of existing office building to eight-person HMO
- Flat 2, 2A Tyler Street, Greenwich – certificate of lawfulness (existing) is sought for use of property as an HMO
Withdrawn
- 75 Plum Lane, Plumstead – change of use from an existing house to a six-bedroom, six-person HMO
