Planning Drawings · 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 planning drawings in Bexley.
Planning drawings for Old Bexley start by establishing whether your scheme is Permitted Development, needs a Lawful Development Certificate, or full planning from Bexley Council. On DA5's inter-war and edwardian semis and detached houses, the recurring questions are roof additions, rear and side-return extensions, and alterations within Bexley Village, Old Bexley. We draw existing and proposed plans, elevations and a site location plan to the council's validation checklist for Old Bexley, Bexley Village, Albany Park fringe, North Cray fringe.
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 planning permission 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 planning permission 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: the 2025 price-paid returns give DA5 a median of £530,000, down 1.8% on 2024. Every sale in the district was inside Bexley, so that borough's type-level medians — £415,000 terraced, £500,000 semi-detached — apply directly here.
Borough character: Outer south-east London suburban; very permissive planning environment; strong PD uptake for extensions and loft conversions.
A chartered technologist visits and laser-measures every room. Typically 60–90 minutes on site.
Drafted in Revit or AutoCAD at 1:100 or 1:50. Fully annotated and council-ready.
Unlimited revisions until you approve. Shadow studies for committee-sensitive applications.
Site location plan, block plan, Design & Access Statement where required.
We lodge the application with Bexley Council and pay statutory fees directly.
Every officer query, consultation response and amendment handled through to determination.
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 planning permission 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.
If your site sits close to the edge of the borough, it is worth checking the authority next door. Browse everything we do in DA6, DA7 and DA15.
Pick a slot that suits you. No obligation and no sales pressure, just straight answers on your planning route.
Every DA5 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a planning drawing set there. DA5 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not planning drawing set estimates.
| Postcode | Area | Dominant stock | What it means for a planning drawing set |
|---|---|---|---|
| DA5 | Old Bexley | Georgian villas, Victorian cottages | A planning drawing set at an DA5 address in Old Bexley is determined by Bexley Council under its own Local Plan policies for Old Bexley. |
| DA1 | Crayford / Dartford fringe | Victorian terraces, 1930s semi-detached | Adjoining district to DA5, also inside Bexley for planning drawing set purposes. |
| DA6 | Bexleyheath | 1930s semi-detached | Adjoining district to DA5, also inside Bexley for planning drawing set purposes. |
| DA7 | Bexleyheath / Barnehurst | 1930s semi-detached | Adjoining district to DA5, also inside Bexley for planning drawing set purposes. |
Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few DA5 streets, and each one changes what a planning drawing set can achieve at that address.
How designation changes a DA5 (Old Bexley) planning drawing set: Bexley Council maintains 16 conservation areas, including Welling, Bexley Village, Old Bexley. Inside any of them a DA5 (Old Bexley) planning drawing set cannot rely on permitted development, and the route becomes a £548 householder application determined in 8 weeks rather than a £249 prior approval in 6 weeks. Crayford sets the tone for DA5 (Old Bexley) casework.
Article 4 and your DA5 (Old Bexley) planning drawing set: Bexley Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a planning drawing set 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 planning drawing set was lawful.
What DA5 (Old Bexley) is built from: 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. That mix decides the planning drawing set route in DA5 (Old Bexley) more than the postcode does, and it is what a Bexley Council case officer reads first. A householder application costs £548 paid to Bexley Council direct, with 8 weeks to a decision once validated.
Sources for this DA5 planning drawing set 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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