Danson Park Danson Road Bexleyheath Kent DA6 8HL Data via plota.co.uk

25/02342/FULM - Detailed Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Installation of ropes course and associated infrastructure and renovation of existing building. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Nov 2025
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Validated
14 Nov 2025
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Consultation
29 Jun 2026
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Approved
29 Jun 2026

Approved on 29 Jun 2026 · Committee · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Documents 41

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Metropolitan Open Land
Green belt level protection inside London.
The London Plan gives Metropolitan Open Land the same protection as green belt: inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Registered park or garden: Danson Park
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
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: Wood pasture and parkland
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 399 m away: Danson Park Bog Garden; Priority habitat 5 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Bexley built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
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
DA6 8HL
Received
12 Nov 2025
Validated
14 Nov 2025
Ward
FALCONWOOD & WELLING
Case officer
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Target decision
29 Jun 2026
Decision
Permission Granted with Conditions
Decision date
29 Jun 2026
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 227 days from validation, 171 days slower than Bexley's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 89% of full applications here are.

80%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
817decided 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

670comments received
649 objecting5 neutral16 supporting

97% object · above the UK average of 74%

746 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14453671
Planning Portal ref
PP-14453671
Neighbours
30 Jun 2026
Consultation
29 Jun 2026
Comments by
28 May 2026
Site or press notice
3 Dec 2025
Committee
11 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Jan 2026
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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.