165-167 Station Road Sidcup Kent DA15 7AA Data via plota.co.uk

25/02377/FUL - Detailed Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Construction of third storey to provide 2 additional residential units and erection of a single storey rear extension to ground floor office, with provision of balconies and alteration to existing stairs and fenestration to the rear. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Nov 2025
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Consultation
12 Jan 2026
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Approved
12 Jan 2026

Approved on 12 Jan 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Site constraints 10

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 ↗
Town centre: Sidcup Station
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
Registered park or garden 32 m away: Lamorbey 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Conservation area 23 m away: Halfway Street
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Bexley built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Metropolitan Open Land 26 m away; Priority habitat 27 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Bexley
Application type
Detailed Planning Application
Postcode
DA15 7AA
Received
17 Nov 2025
Validated
17 Nov 2025
Ward
BLACKFEN & LAMORBEY
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Jan 2026
Decision
Permission Granted with Conditions
Decision date
12 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 90% of full applications here are.

78%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
1,158decided 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

No public comments yet.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14293501
Planning Portal ref
PP-14293501
Neighbours
18 Nov 2025
Consultation
12 Jan 2026
Comments by
9 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
12 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