Planning Permission in Old Bexley | Fixed-Fee Plans

No Article 4 Direction covers Bexley, which keeps the Old Bexley permitted-development route open on unlisted houses. Old Bexley presents as Georgian and Victorian village conservation, so massing and materials carry more weight in the Bexley Council assessment than they would on an outer-London plot. Check Crayford before assuming permitted development on a Old Bexley house; Bexley designates 16 such areas. The designation map is read street by street in Old Bexley.

Before drawing anything for Old Bexley, we check Article 4 directions against the DA5 boundary. The georgian villas governs the numbers on a Old Bexley site: rear wall, eaves, and how far a ridge can rise beside Old Bexley Village. The borough policy layer over every DA5 address is set out on Bexley planning. The Old Bexley survey then carries into building regulations drawings in Old Bexley if the project runs on to construction.

Bexley Council will not register a Old Bexley application until validation completes. A surveyor visits the Old Bexley address first; the drawings follow the measurements, never the other way round.

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.

We monitor the DA5 case and respond to officer queries during the period. Old Bexley clients receive existing and proposed sheets in one indexed set.

We would rather redesign a DA5 rear elevation than argue an objection. Everything drawn for a DA5 address traces back to a measurement taken on site.

Late notices are what stall Old Bexley sites more than planning does. Once consent is granted, loft conversion drawings follows for the DA5 property.

Old Bexley is characterised by georgian villas, victorian cottages, concentrated across DA5 in the Old Bexley area. The construction sequence on a Old Bexley job follows the georgian villas, not a standard detail sheet. On the ground in Old Bexley, applications on Georgian stock here almost always need a heritage statement alongside the drawings. On a Old Bexley terrace it governs the rear opening width. The prevailing Old Bexley eaves line is the reference Bexley Council uses, which is why the proposed elevation is drawn with the neighbours on it.

Bexley sets no special basement rule, so a Old Bexley lower-ground scheme stands or falls on the engineering and the neighbours. Because the Old Bexley survey is drawn properly once, house extension drawings for DA5 properties and architectural drawings build on it rather than starting again.

What the Old Bexley drawing pack contains

No add-ons later — the Old Bexley scope is set out here.

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

Local landmarks that shape a Old Bexley application

• Danson Park — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Danson Park back addition.
• Lamorbey Park — frontages visible from the highway, so Crayford materials detail governs the Lamorbey Park elevation.
• Hall Place — front-to-back level changes that drive the Hall Place section drawings.
• Old Bexley Village — massing on adjoining DA5 plots is tested against it.
• United Reformed Church — proposals within its setting are drawn with the context elevation included.
• Dartford Grammar School — nearby georgian villas takes its scale from this frontage.

Getting to a Old Bexley survey

Surveyors travel to DA5 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Bexley, Charing Cross, Sidcup, Gravesend. Appointments are booked in Old Bexley on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard georgian villas takes two to three hours.

Where Old Bexley sits

Old Bexley lies 13 miles (21 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ465755, inside the Old Bexley and Sidcup parliamentary constituency. Bexley Council checks the Old Bexley location plan against that reference before registering it. Source.

Practical detail for a Old Bexley submission: residents use Bexley and Charing Cross and Sidcup and Gravesend; DA5 addresses are written to BEXLEY; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Bexley Council holds it.

Old Bexley postcode coverage

Across DA5 (Old Bexley), which Old Bexley holds on its own the survey is the same; the Bexley policy overlay is not, and Bexley Council validates on the address.

Streets and stations in Old Bexley

Old Bexley instructions come from Danson Park, Lamorbey Park and Hall Place among others. most Old Bexley sites are within walking distance of Bexley or Charing Cross or Sidcup.

Areas we cover around Old Bexley

Our patch runs Penge (SE20), Bexleyheath (DA6, DA7), Sidcup (DA14, DA15), Welling (DA16), Erith (DA8), Crayford (DA1), with Old Bexley at its centre.

The variables on a DA5 job are structural: party walls, floor levels, and whether the Crayford designation adds a heritage statement.

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 Old Bexley submission the statutory element is London Borough of Bexley's, not ours. London planning approval-rate dataset · Bexley planning · planning permission across London · planning permission in Penge.

MCIAT charter sits behind every Old Bexley submission we make, and the same person who surveys the property signs the drawings off. When a Old Bexley case could go either way we pay for Bexley Council pre-application advice rather than test it live.

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.

Tell us the DA5 address and what you want to build; the rest we handle. This Old Bexley page was reviewed in August 2026.