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245 Main Road Sidcup Kent DA14 6QS

26/00361/PRIORPrior Approval DeterminationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior Approval Notification for the change of use from Offices (Class E) to 6 self-contained residential units (Class C3) along with internal reconfiguration and associated cycle storage.

Received
20 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
LONGLANDS
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 245 Main Road Sidcup Kent DA14 6QS. Bexley has handled 542 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Bexley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across LONGLANDS. We hold 481 applications in total for the DA14 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
DA14 6QS
Application type
Prior Approval Determination
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Consultation expiry
19 March 2026
Consultation start
26 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
19 March 2026
Last date for comments
19 March 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Simply Planning Limited Third Floor Office, 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-14719649
Documents
17
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.

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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