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Wilkinson House Powys Close Bexleyheath Kent DA7 5RS

26/00334/PRIORPrior Approval DeterminationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Notification for Prior Approval for a proposed change of use of the building from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to provide eight self-contained residential units (Class C3)

Received
18 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
WEST HEATH
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Wilkinson House Powys Close Bexleyheath Kent DA7 5RS. Bexley has handled 542 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Bexley's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across WEST HEATH. We hold 956 applications in total for the DA7 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
DA7 5RS
Application type
Prior Approval Determination
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2026
Consultation expiry
18 March 2026
Consultation start
24 February 2026
Consultation end
10 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
24 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
17 March 2026
Last date for comments
18 March 2026
Target decision date
14 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Simply Planning Ltd 3rd Floor Suite Victoria House 114-116 Colmore Row Birmingham B3 3BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 February 2026
Site notice end
18 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14709647
Documents
13
Constraints
8

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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