Policy information sourced from Royal Greenwich Local Plan Core Strategy

TC2 Woolwich Town Centre

Woolwich Town Centre will re-assert itself as a Major Centre in South East London, improving the quality and quantity of its retail offer and clawing back trade that has previously been lost to other centres. The Royal Borough will be supportive of development that contributes to the eventual reclassification of Woolwich as a Metropolitan Centre. Woolwich will accommodate the majority of additional town centre development in Royal Greenwich over the plan period, including:

  • Additional and improved comparison retail floorspace;
  • Office development;
  • Leisure, cultural and tourism uses that contribute towards the evening vitality of the Centre and increase economic benefits; and
  • Improved links and enhanced connectivity between the Town Centre, Woolwich Common, the Royal Arsenal and the River Thames, thereby making better use of Woolwich’s historic and cultural assets and helping to attract more visitors to the Centre.

For more information please see the Local Plan Core Strategy