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The Coach House Public House 40 Watling Street Bexleyheath Kent DA6 7QG

21/02371/FULDetailed Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 4 May 2022

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of five flats comprising 3x 2bed flats, 1x 3bed flat and 1x 1bed flat with undercroft parking, cycle store and bin store.

Received
19 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
BEXLEYHEATH
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated19 Jul
  3. Consult.7 Dec
  4. Target13 Sep
  5. Decided4 May

Decided in 289 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Coach House Public House 40 Watling Street Bexleyheath Kent DA6 7QG. Bexley has handled 249 applications of this type. This one was decided in 289 days, 33 weeks longer than Bexley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across BEXLEYHEATH. We hold 362 applications in total for the DA6 postcode area.

89% of full 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

Postcode
DA6 7QG
Application type
Detailed Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 July 2021
Consultation expiry
7 December 2021
Consultation start
4 May 2022
Consultation end
7 December 2021
Neighbour consultation start
4 May 2022
Neighbour consultation end
12 October 2021
Last date for comments
7 December 2021
Target decision date
13 September 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Montagu Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5RP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal Dismissed
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3299503
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 31 July 2023Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10046607
Documents
17
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 21-23 Watling Street, BexleyheathRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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