Policy information sourced from Bexley Core Strategy
Policy CS06 Sidcup geographic region
The vision for the Sidcup geographic region will be achieved by:
- focusing housing and employment growth primarily in and around Sidcup town centre, Sidcup station and Foots Cray employment area (indicative boundary of this sustainable growth area shown on Map 3.2);
- encouraging mixed use development in Sidcup town centre, including elements of higher density residential development at appropriate locations, and securing further convenience and comparison retail development and an enhanced variety of uses in a way that makes a positive contribution to the vitality and viability of Sidcup town centre;
- encouraging new office facilities, and, where possible, the modernisation of existing facilities, in the preferred office locations at Station Road neighbourhood centre, Sidcup town centre and Foots Cray business area;
- creating improved linkages between Sidcup railway station and Sidcup town centre, including better facilities for pedestrians and cyclists, and securing proposals that address local traffic issues, such as congestion and low public transport accessibility levels in Blackfen through the implementation of transport initiatives;
- ensuring that Conservation Areas and other areas of particularly strong character or historical value are protected or enhanced, while 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 new development maintains or enhances Sidcup’s existing open space provision, including its Registered Historic Parks and Gardens and, where appropriate, provides enhanced access to these areas especially from Sidcup town centre to the open space to the south of the town;
- ensuring development protects and enhances biodiversity, and supports improvements to identified deficiencies in biodiversity and mitigates against flood risk, including measures to manage surface water drainage;
- securing delivery, where appropriate, of enhanced arts and cultural provision;
- improving the quality, safety, attractiveness and durability of the public realm in the geographic region’s town centres through implementation of the Sidcup Area Based Scheme, the development of key sites and other environmental improvements; and
- supporting investigations into the potential creation of a decentralised heat and power network around Queen Mary’s Hospital and Foots Cray business area.
For more information please see the Bexley Core Strategy