Planning Permission in Belvedere | Fixed-Fee Plans

No Article 4 Direction covers Bexley, which keeps the Belvedere permitted-development route open on unlisted houses. Officers see Belvedere as 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats — design that ignores it struggles. Belvedere sits close enough to Welling that designation should be checked at the outset, not after design. We confirm the DA17 designation at survey rather than assuming it.

Article 4 coverage across DA17 is confirmed before we quote, not after. On a Belvedere house the measurements bite through the 1930s semi-detached: it sets the original rear wall, and the roofline around Belvedere station sets what ridge height will pass. The borough policy layer over every DA17 address is set out on Bexley planning. The Belvedere survey then carries into architectural drawings in Belvedere if the project runs on to construction.

The DA17 bottleneck is validation. London Borough of Bexley needs one to two weeks, and a missing drawing resets it. A Belvedere project opens with an on-site laser survey, which is what makes the later Bexley Council submission robust against a validation query.

Statutory periods: 8 weeks from validation for a householder application, 13 weeks for a major scheme, 6 weeks for prior approval with a 21 days neighbour consultation, and 5 weeks for a full plans building control submission. A party structure notice requires one month notice and two months where excavation is involved.

Expect a site visit to the Belvedere property during the consultation period. Scales, north point and drawing numbers all follow Bexley Council validation requirements.

Speaking to DA17 neighbours before submission avoids most of it. Party wall positions on a Belvedere terrace are located during the survey.

Most Belvedere terraces share a flank wall, so party wall notices apply. Once consent is granted, building regulations drawings follows for the DA17 property.

Belvedere is characterised by 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats, concentrated across DA17 in the Belvedere area. On Belvedere plots, structure follows the 1930s semi-detached that is already there. The Belvedere version of that is simple: on these 1930s semis the prior approval route often replaces a full application, and the drawing set is smaller as a result. We resolve it before the Belvedere design is fixed. Bexley Council reads a Belvedere elevation against its neighbours first.

Bexley Council assesses Belvedere basements on standard grounds. Because the Belvedere survey is drawn properly once, loft conversion drawings for DA17 properties and house extension drawings build on it rather than starting again.

What the Belvedere drawing pack contains

Contents of the DA17 drawing pack:

• site location plan for the Belvedere property
• block plan
• existing and proposed floor plans
• existing and proposed elevations
• Design & Access Statement

Local landmarks that shape a Belvedere application

• Green Chain Walk — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a Green Chain Walk extension goes.
• Belvedere station — Bexley Council weighs DA17 sightlines to it in the character assessment.
• Northumberland Heath — nearby 1930s semi-detached takes its scale from this frontage.
• Lessness Heath — schemes visible from it get closer scrutiny in Bexley.
• West Heath — nearby 1930s semi-detached takes its scale from this frontage.
• Bexley College — sightlines from here are part of the Bexley Council character assessment.

Getting to a Belvedere survey

Surveyors travel to DA17 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Crossness Pumping Station, Belvedere, Cannon Street, Dartford. Appointments are booked in Belvedere on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard 1930s semi-detached takes two to three hours.

Where Belvedere sits

on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ495785, with the River Thames shaping drainage and flood-risk questions on lower-lying DA17 plots. London Borough of Bexley validates the DA17 address against exactly that position. Source.

Practical detail for a Belvedere submission: Belvedere is served by Crossness Pumping Station and Belvedere and Cannon Street and Dartford; BELVEDERE is the post town on Belvedere addresses; dialling code 020; Grade II Bexley College carry listed status close to DA17 sites. Site plans are drawn to the address as Bexley Council holds it.

Belvedere postcode coverage

Surveys run across DA17 (Belvedere), which Belvedere holds on its own throughout Bexley.

Streets and stations in Belvedere

Recent Belvedere jobs sit on Green Chain Walk. most Belvedere sites are within walking distance of Crossness Pumping Station or Belvedere or Cannon Street. and Grade II Bexley College is listed, which pulls neighbouring DA17 proposals into a setting assessment.

Areas we cover around Belvedere

We take instructions from Welling (DA16), Erith (DA8), Crayford (DA1), Old Bexley (DA5), Barnehurst (DA7), Greenwich (SE10) and everywhere between them and Belvedere.

The fee follows the building. On Belvedere stock that means party walls, levels, and the Welling heritage question.

Statutory application fees are set by regulation, not by the council: £548 householder, £610 for a new dwelling, £274 for a lawful development certificate, £249 for prior approval.

On a Belvedere submission the statutory element is London Borough of Bexley's, not ours. London planning approval-rate dataset · Bexley planning · Planning Permission London-wide · planning permission in Welling.

Your Belvedere drawings are produced under professional charter, not subcontracted out and rubber-stamped. Where Welling or a DA17 party wall complicates a Belvedere scheme, Bexley Council sees it early.

Drawings are produced by chartered members of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (MCIAT), the professional body for technical design and building-regulations competence. First-time approval across our London caseload is 98%. Statutory fees shown are those in force in England in 2026 under the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) Regulations. Confirm your local authority at gov.uk and submission requirements on the Planning Portal. Studio: 71–75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ.

Give us the DA17 postcode and we will tell you which route applies. This Belvedere page was reviewed in August 2026.