Policy information sourced from the Bexley Local Plan

DP9: Development within town centres

  1. The Council will promote a diversification of town centre uses, including commercial, business and service uses, community, leisure, cultural and recreational uses, and residential uses, whilst avoiding an over concentration of any one non-class E use.
  2. Development proposals in town centres will need to demonstrate that the Agent of Change principle has been considered.
  3. Changes of use that would result in a net loss of ground floor main town centre uses within the designated town centre boundary will be resisted.
  4. Changes of use that would result in a net loss of ground floor Class E uses within the town centre boundary should ensure that:
    • the proposed use is a main town centre use;
    • the use contributes to the vitality and viability of the town centre;
    • a significant percentage of the units within the town centre boundary will remain in Class E use;
    • the proposed use has an active frontage immediately accessible from the street; and,
    • the proposed use would not result in two or more adjoining units of takeaways, betting offices/shops, pay day loan shops, and pawn brokers, with a maximum of 10% of units with these uses collectively, and in any event, no one use above 5% of units, across the town centre

For more information please see the Bexley Local Plan