Crook Log Sports Centre Brampton Road Bexleyheath Kent DA7 4HH Data via plota.co.uk

25/01991/FUL - Detailed Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of 4 Padel Courts with associated glass panels, fencing and all weather canopy. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Sept 2025
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Consultation
9 Mar 2026
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Approved
9 Mar 2026

Approved on 9 Mar 2026 · Committee · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Bexley Planning Committee on 5 Mar 2026.

Approved by 7 votes to 0

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the courts would have acceptable effects on the area, neighbours, highways and ecology.
  • A letter objected over parking, noise and lighting, while consultees raised no objections subject to an ecology condition.
  • The committee voted unanimously to approve the application in line with the officers’ recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, planning history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, objection, committee discussion, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Bexley's committee minutes of 5 Mar 2026.

Documents 25

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 8

Designated open space
Borough-designated open space.
Loss of protected open space is resisted unless it is replaced by space of equal or better quality nearby.
Archaeological priority area
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Bexley AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Registered park or garden 88 m away: Danson Park
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Bexley built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Metropolitan Open Land 88 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

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Important details

Council
Bexley
Application type
Detailed Planning Application
Postcode
DA7 4HH
Received
24 Sept 2025
Validated
24 Sept 2025
Ward
CROOK LOG
Case officer
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Target decision
11 Mar 2026
Decision
Permission Granted with Conditions
Decision date
9 Mar 2026
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
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Leaseholder
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How this decision compares

Decided in 166 days from validation, 110 days slower than Bexley's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 90% of full applications here are.

79%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
1,115decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Bexley in the last twelve months, from validation. Bexley decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

79 neighbours consulted · Last counted 18 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14358321
Planning Portal ref
PP-14358321
Neighbours
9 Mar 2026
Consultation
9 Mar 2026
Comments by
26 Jan 2026
Site or press notice
15 Oct 2025
Committee
5 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No
Bexley
Planning Authority Score
8.9/10
Excellent
#5 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Bexley is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #17 out of 296. Only 20% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bexley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #106 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #69 of 296
89%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #17 of 296
20%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #17 of 296
69%
Minor dwellings approved
124 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
58%
Change of use approved
90 decided
1,324
Total decisions
133 refused in the year to March 2026

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