Policy information sourced from Bexley Core Strategy

Policy CS05 Crayford and Old Bexley geographic region

The vision for the Crayford and Old Bexley geographic region will be achieved by:

  • contributing to housing and employment growth by focusing growth in and around Crayford town centre and the nearby employment locations, and to a lesser extent, Old Bexley (see locations on Map 3.2) and ensuring town centre development provides a variety of complementary uses which will enhance viability and vitality of the town centres;
  • supporting Crayford’s business function, as well as the managed consolidation of employment uses, within the region;
  • progressing proposals that address local traffic issues, such as congestion in and around the town centres (including the Bexley by-pass scheme, and London Road, Crayford) and low public transport accessibility levels, and schemes that would reduce reliance on car use (including walking and cycling);
  • ensuring that the areas of particularly strong character and/or historical value and conservation areas are promoted and protected or enhanced, and ensuring that the areas that are characterised by mainly semi-detached and detached family housing are retained and, where possible, improved, including the surrounding environment, and that new development is in keeping with the character of these areas;
  • ensuring development enhances biodiversity, particularly along the River Cray, and mitigates against flood risk, particularly through design solutions that incorporate flood resilience and resistance in areas at risk of flooding and, where appropriate, seeking to ensure that development in areas susceptible to localised flooding incorporates measures to manage surface water drainage;
  • supporting improved public access to existing open spaces and improved recreation and community facilities;
  • supporting investigations into the potential for wind turbine development and a decentralised heat and power network at appropriate locations in Crayford; and
  • reviewing and, as appropriate, implementing, the Crayford Strategy and Action Plan and its subordinate documents.

For more information please see the Bexley Core Strategy