37 Bourne Road Bexley Kent DA5 1LW

26/00092/LDCPLawful Development Certificate-ProposedApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the Change of Use from Dwelling House (Class C3.a) to Dwelling House with Supported Living (Class C3.b).

Received: 19 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Bexley
Ward: ST MARYS & ST JAMES

ReceivedReceived19 Jan
ValidatedValidated23 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date20 Apr
DecidedDecided20 Apr

Decided in 87 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 37 Bourne Road Bexley Kent DA5 1LW. Bexley has handled 542 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Bexley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across ST MARYS & ST JAMES. We hold 531 applications in total for the DA5 postcode area.

80% of outline 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: DA5 1LW
Application type: Lawful Development Certificate-Proposed
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 January 2026
Target decision date: 20 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 87 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14620256
Comments: 0
Documents: 7
Constraints: 13

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.

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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: Bexley

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