Policy information sourced from the Bexley Local Plan
SP5: Placemaking through good design
- The Council will continue to expect high quality standards of design in Bexley. Design should respect the existing character and context but need not be constrained by what already exists; local character evolves over time. The Council will seek to ensure that:
- all development within the borough is of high-quality design, contributes positively to the local environment, and protects the best elements of Bexley’s character;
- design enhances social cohesion and health and wellbeing and considers the principles of inclusive and active design, in order to support good physical and mental health; and,
- design considers the relationships between building and spaces, including its contribution to and shaping of the public realm.
- The Council will masterplan future development, where appropriate, to ensure it achieves the objectives of sustainable development and proposals for developments in these areas will need to demonstrate that they will fit satisfactorily into the masterplan.
- In locations suitable for large developments, proposals that are piecemeal in nature will normally be resisted unless the proposal demonstrates that it will fit satisfactorily into a larger development.
For more information please see the Bexley Local Plan