Policy information sourced from the Bexley Local Plan
DP23: Parking management
- In applying the principles of sustainable development in line with Policy SP1, the Council will seek to balance the need for parking and the environmental, economic and social impacts of traffic movement and parked vehicles. Therefore, proposals for residential development will be expected to provide parking within the lowest applicable maximum London Plan standards except:
- areas with a PTAL of 2 that are outside of Sustainable Development Locations (see Figure 12) where, in exceptional circumstances, consideration will be given on as case by case basis for 3 or more bedroom dwellings to have a maximum standard of up to 1.25 spaces; and
- within the Bexley Riverside Opportunity Area where, except for developments covered by 1a) above, maximum residential parking standards will be the London Plan outer London standards rather than the Opportunity Area standards for outer London.
- Parking provision materially below London Plan maximum standards may be acceptable in areas that have a PTAL of 3 – 4, for residential development sites that are:
- outside of a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) or Restricted Parking Zone (RPZ), where it can be demonstrated through a parking survey that there is sufficient on-street, off-site parking capacity within 200 metres of the development boundary; or
- inside an existing or planned CPZ or RPZ, in which case, where parking surveys suggest issues will arise, the applicant will normally be required to enter into a legal agreement to restrict future occupiers from obtaining on-street parking permits.
- For residential developments of fewer than 10 units, where the spaces per dwelling calculation results in a fraction of a space, provision will be rounded up to the nearest whole space.
- For specialist housing for older people, a case by case approach will be taken with the London Plan residential parking standards used as a starting point and particular regard being had to the need for appropriate visitor and staff parking in the context of:
- the public transport access levels in the relevant area; and
- the characteristics of the residential care to be provided including the nature of shift patterns.
Such matters should be informed by a transport assessment and other appropriate information.
- Parking for industrial development should be provided in line with projected operational need. Nonoperational parking should be determined on a case by case basis using the London Plan office parking standards as a starting point and having regard to the nature of the use and locality. In both cases parking provision should be calculated via a transport assessment once applicants have demonstrated they have minimised parking requirements through a delivery and servicing plan, parking management plan and travel plan.
For more information please see the Bexley Local Plan