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48 Howbury Lane And Former Allotment Site Howbury Lane Erith Kent

19/00682/OUTMMINAmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 July 2026

Council decision: Permission Granted without ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Non material amendment to amend the description of the proposal to read as Demolition of no 48 Howbury Lane, creation of a new vehicular/pedestrian access and residential development comprising up to 48 apartments as affordable housing of approved application 19/00682/OUTM which allowed the Outline application for the demolition of 48 Howbury Lane and erection of 5 x five storey blocks providing up to 48 affordable housing apartments including creation of a new vehicular/pedestrian access.

Received
2 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Jul

Decided in 11 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 48 Howbury Lane And Former Allotment Site Howbury Lane Erith Kent. Bexley has handled 104 applications of this type. This one was decided in 11 days, 6 weeks quicker than Bexley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across SLADE GREEN & NORTH END.

90% of amendment applications at London Borough of Bexley were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 July 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Bexley

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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