Former Electrobase/Wheatsheaf Works Site Maxim Road Crayford Dartford Kent

22/01564/FULM40Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 4 November 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application to approve details of condition 60 (Riverbank Widening, Strengthening and Ecological Enhancement Works) pursuant to application 22/01564/FULM for Phased planning permission for the demolition of the existing structures and erection of seven buildings comprising residential units (Use Class C3), with associated access and highways works, parking and landscaping, creation of a riverside walk and retention of open space, with ecological enhancements, on the area of the site forming part of the Crayford Rough.

Received: 3 September 2026
Public comments: 0 · last counted 4 October 2026
Council: London Borough of Bexley

ReceivedReceived3 Sep
ValidatedValidated3 Sep
Consult.Consultation30 Sep
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided4 Nov

Decided in 62 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Former Electrobase/Wheatsheaf Works Site Maxim Road Crayford Dartford Kent. Bexley has handled 5,041 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Bexley's typical decision time. There have been 17 other applications at this address.

Application details

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 September 2026
Consultation end: 30 September 2026

Additional information

Documents: 14

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Green belt: BexleyPart of the site
Brownfield land register: Former Electrobase/Wheatsheaf WorksRegister site at or near this address

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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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.

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Source: Bexley

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