House Extensions · DA5 Old Bexley
Bexley protects the Bexley Village conservation area, with its historic High Street and the River Cray setting, alongside standard suburban householder control across the rest of DA5.
This page covers one part of the borough. For the full picture — fees, timelines and the council's current position — read house extensions in Bexley.
House extensions in Old Bexley are dominated by single-storey rear and side-return additions on DA5's inter-war and edwardian semis and detached houses, with double-storey and wrap-around schemes where the plot allows. Bexley Council weighs depth, height and neighbour daylight; many extensions across Old Bexley, Bexley Village, Albany Park fringe, North Cray fringe are Permitted Development, which we confirm with a Lawful Development Certificate before you build.
The whole spectrum — rear extensions, side returns, wraparounds, double-storey, basement digs. Planning-led design with detailed technical phase, ideal for inter-war and edwardian semis and detached houses typical of Old Bexley.
Across Old Bexley, Bexley Village, Albany Park fringe, North Cray fringe in DA5, the dominant property is inter-war and edwardian semis and detached houses around bexley village and old bexley, with cottages in the historic core. That stock shapes what house extension drawings looks like here: the right approach for a period terrace differs from a mansion-block flat or a new-build, and Bexley Council judges each on design quality and neighbour impact. We survey the specific Old Bexley property, confirm the planning route — Permitted Development, a Lawful Development Certificate, or full planning — and draw a council-ready set tailored to the DA5 streetscape.
Housing stock in DA5: Inter-war and Edwardian semis and detached houses around Bexley village and Old Bexley, with cottages in the historic core.
Within the district: Old Bexley, Bexley Village, Albany Park fringe, North Cray fringe.
Streets we know in DA5: the streets around Bexley High Street, the Manor Road area and the inter-war roads toward Albany Park. Each road has its own building line, boundary treatment and precedent that Bexley Council weighs when assessing a house extension drawings scheme.
Conservation areas: Bexley Village, Old Bexley. Inside these, most external work needs full planning and a Heritage Statement.
Getting around DA5: Bexley and Albany Park into London Bridge, Cannon Street and Charing Cross.
Property values: Bexley's semi-detached medians ran to £500,000 in 2025 over 1,193 sales, and its detached to £653,000 over 174. The all-property median for DA5, £530,000, sits between the two. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
Borough character: Outer south-east London suburban; very permissive planning environment; strong PD uptake for extensions and loft conversions.
Measured existing survey, photographic record, Article 4 and conservation check specific to Old Bexley before we quote.
2–3 design options at concept stage — alternative layouts, glazing, roof forms.
Site location plan, existing and proposed plans, elevations, sections, D&AS where required.
Part L thermal, Part B fire, Part M accessibility, structural strategy.
Steel beam, foundation, lintel design. Chartered engineer sign-off.
Party Wall notices where needed; Thames Water Build Over Agreement where within 3m of a public sewer.
Single planning or building-regs submission.
Planning + building regs + structural.
Listed, conservation or complex sites.
Yes. The inter-war and Edwardian semis and detached houses around Old Bexley suit side-return, rear and loft extensions. Within the Bexley Village conservation area changes need full planning with a Heritage Statement; outside it, much runs on the Permitted Development route, confirmed with a Lawful Development Certificate. We confirm which applies to your road.
Yes — the Bexley Village conservation area protects the historic High Street, the older cottages and the River Cray setting, so external changes there are carefully assessed and a flood-risk check may apply near the river. We design sympathetically and handle the Bexley application.
Usually yes on the semis outside the conservation area — a hip-to-gable plus rear dormer within the volume allowance, confirmed by a Lawful Development Certificate. We check the head height and any village constraint, then draw the scheme for Building Control too.
With DA5 houses around £475,000-£750,000 and direct trains into London Bridge, a rear or loft extension adds family space worth above the build and drawing cost. Old Bexley's village setting is highly sought after.
Bexley Council charges its own statutory application fee (currently £548 for a householder planning application, £610 for a full application). We quote the drawings as one fixed price and the free site survey covers every DA5 address.
For a DA5 project across Old Bexley, Bexley Village, Albany Park fringe, North Cray fringe, expect roughly 3–4 weeks from instruction to submission: week 1 the measured survey, weeks 2–3 the drawings and your revisions, then validation and the statutory determination by Bexley Council (8 weeks for a householder application). We carry the Old Bexley application through every officer query to the decision.
Old Bexley (DA5) sits primarily in Bexley, so applications are decided by Bexley Council. Conservation areas within DA5 include Bexley Village, Old Bexley, where full planning and a Heritage Statement are required. We confirm the planning route for your exact address before quoting.
Almost always. Any structural work behind house extension drawings in Old Bexley — new openings, steel beams, loft floors, foundations — needs Building Regulations approval covering structure (Part A), fire escape (Part B) and insulation (Part L), submitted to Bexley Council Building Control or an approved inspector. On DA5's typically terraced and semi-detached stock, a Party Wall notice to adjoining neighbours is normally required before the steelwork. We coordinate both as part of the Complete package.
In value terms, yes. The bigger risk is an unapproved or non-compliant scheme — which is why council-ready drawings and a clean Building Control sign-off matter on DA5 homes.
Working across a borough boundary, or unsure which council will decide your application? Every service we offer is listed for DA6, DA7 and DA15.
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Every DA5 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a house extension there. DA5 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not house extension estimates.
| Postcode | Area | Dominant stock | What it means for a house extension |
|---|---|---|---|
| DA5 | Old Bexley | Georgian villas, Victorian cottages | DA5 covers Old Bexley only; Bexley Council handles the house extension. |
| DA1 | Crayford / Dartford fringe | Victorian terraces, 1930s semi-detached | Adjoining district to DA5, also inside Bexley for house extension purposes. |
| DA6 | Bexleyheath | 1930s semi-detached | Adjoining district to DA5, also inside Bexley for house extension purposes. |
| DA7 | Bexleyheath / Barnehurst | 1930s semi-detached | Adjoining district to DA5, also inside Bexley for house extension purposes. |
Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few DA5 streets, and each one changes what a house extension can achieve at that address.
Conservation areas covering DA5 (Old Bexley): Bexley Council runs 16, and Crayford, Welling, Bexley Village are the ones DA5 (Old Bexley) owners meet most. A house extension inside a DA5 (Old Bexley) conservation area loses permitted development, so the DA5 (Old Bexley) submission is a householder application at £548 decided in 8 weeks — not a £249 prior approval decided in 6 weeks. In Bexley Village a house extension is judged on the street elevation first.
Article 4 and your DA5 (Old Bexley) house extension: Bexley Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a house extension in DA5 (Old Bexley) generally survives outside DA5 (Old Bexley) conservation areas and listed curtilages. A Lawful Development Certificate at £274 is how a DA5 owner records that a house extension was lawful.
The building fabric around DA5 (Old Bexley): 1930s semi-detached dominates; Victorian cottages in Bexley Village and Crayford; post-war estates in Thamesmead and Erith. Outer south-east London suburban; very permissive planning environment; strong PD uptake for extensions and loft conversions. A house extension in DA5 (Old Bexley) is scoped against that stock first, because it decides whether the scheme runs as permitted development, a £274 Lawful Development Certificate, or a full £548 application to Bexley Council.
Sources for this DA5 house extension page: borough policies maps and conservation-area registers (2025–26), Royal Mail postcode district boundaries, the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (England) Regulations, the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended, and the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.
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