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Planning drawings in Bexley

Planning drawings for a Bexley home start at £745 including VAT. Bexley granted 94.6 per cent of its householder applications in the latest year, and the borough reads them against a two-part Design Guide that tells you what a good set should show.

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    Bexley's Design Guide and what it asks of planning drawings

    The borough's plan is the Bexley Local Plan, adopted in 2,023. Householder projects are judged mainly under the Design Guide SPD Part 2: Building Alterations and Extensions, which deals with extensions, lofts and other changes to an existing house. It is backed by the Design Guide SPD Part 1: Design Principles, which sets the wider principles of scale, layout and materials.

    Because the two parts split the work, our drawings follow the same split. The proposed elevations answer the alterations part, with the relationship to the original house made plain. The block plan and street context answer the principles part, showing how the new work sits in its setting.

    Where the existing house has features the guide values, such as a bay, a gable or a distinctive brick course, we draw them accurately from the survey so the proposal can be seen to respect them.

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    Local figures for Bexley

    Figures with their unit, period and source
    MeasureValuePeriodSource
    Conservation areas23 named conservation areas published by the council—planning.data.gov.uk
    Listed building entries114 list entries (Historic England, within the LPA boundary)—planning.data.gov.uk
    Green Belt share of the council area17 % of council area covered by green-belt polygons—planning.data.gov.uk
    Householder decisions877 decisions1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
    Householder applications granted94.6 %1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
    Householder applications decided in time99.4 % decided within 8 weeks or an agreed extended period1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
    Households living in a house75.3 % of households living in a house or bungalow (detached, semi-detached or terraced)Census 2021nomisweb.co.uk
    Owner-occupied households68.6 % of households owner-occupied (owned outright or with mortgage/loan)Census 2021nomisweb.co.uk
    Householder: alterations/extensions to a single dwellinghouse, from 1 Apr 2026548 GBP—ribblevalley.gov.uk
    DMPO 2015 art 34(2)(b): non-major development8 weeks—legislation.gov.uk

    A blank value means the figure has not been published, not that there are none. Check your own address with the council.

    Councils bordering Bexley
    Which application your project needsLawful Development Certificate decision: 8 weeks. Prior approval decision: 42 days. Householder decision: 8 weeksYour projectWithin permitted development?Lawful Development CertificatePrior approvalHouseholder applicationYesLarger rear extensionNoABC

    Which application your project needs

    The usual route for a house; flats and listed buildings follow other rules.

    A · Lawful Development Certificate decision
    8 weeks
    B · Prior approval decision
    42 days
    C · Householder decision
    8 weeks

    How Bexley has treated householder applications

    Bexley decided 877 householder applications in its latest twelve months and granted 94.6 per cent of them. Nearly all were handled on time: 99.4 per cent were decided within the statutory period or an agreed extension.

    A high grant rate is encouraging, and it is also an average. It includes simple schemes that were always going to pass, so we never read it as a forecast for a larger or more sensitive project.

    What it does tell you is that the council expects complete applications and works to a timetable. A missing dimension, or a plan that disagrees with an elevation, delays the start of the clock, because the statutory period only runs once an application is valid.

    Conservation areas, listed buildings and green belt in Bexley

    Bexley publishes 23 conservation areas, and Historic England lists 114 entries. Inside a conservation area, permitted development is narrower and a householder application is needed more often.

    Green belt polygons cover 17 per cent of the borough. That affects how large an extension or outbuilding can be, and we say so in the constraints check before any design time is spent.

    Most homes here are houses: 75.3 per cent of households live in one, and 68.6 per cent own, so the typical Bexley enquiry is a rear extension or a loft on a family home.

    Permitted development or an application in Bexley

    Plenty of Bexley houses can use permitted development for a rear extension or a loft, and a Lawful Development Certificate in Bexley records that in writing. It is worth having when you come to sell.

    If the project is larger, the house is in a conservation area or the rights have been removed, we draw for a householder application. The fee is £548 to the council, with 8 weeks allowed for a decision.

    A change of use to a small house in multiple occupation is a separate matter, because Bexley has an Article 4 direction for it.

    Our fixed price and what is in the set

    The set includes existing and proposed floor plans, elevations and sections, a location plan and a block plan. Prices start at £745 with VAT included.

    A second chartered technologist checks each sheet, and the same team handles the submission through the Planning Portal. We redraw at no charge if the council asks for changes before approval. We promise no outcome, since the decision is the council's.

    Related services and neighbouring boroughs

    See the wider borough picture in architectural drawings in Bexley, or add the technical stage with building regulations drawings in Bexley.

    Next door, the guidance changes: compare planning drawings in Dartford, Greenwich and Bromley. Our planning drawings hub explains the national process.

    What you receive

    Planning drawing sheet for a rear extension with plans, elevations and sections
    Sample drawing. Planning drawings for a rear extension: plans, elevations and sections on one sheet set.
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    Questions

    What guidance applies to a Bexley extension?

    The Design Guide SPD Part 2: Building Alterations and Extensions is the main one, with the Design Guide SPD Part 1: Design Principles behind it.

    Do Bexley conservation areas stop extensions?

    They narrow permitted development, so more schemes need an application. The borough has 23 conservation areas, and we check yours first.

    How much do planning drawings cost in Bexley?

    From £745 including VAT, fixed in advance. Application fees are paid to the council.

    Does a high grant rate mean my Bexley application will pass?

    No. The council granted 94.6 per cent of householder applications in the latest year, but that average covers every kind of scheme and cannot predict one house.

    Sources and dates

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    We check the constraints, then send a fixed fee. Messages before 3pm get a reply the same working day.

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