Policy information sourced from the Bexley Local Plan
SP7: Social and community services and facilities
- The Council will ensure the identification, development, completion, safeguarding and monitoring of services, facilities and open spaces of the types set out in Table 10 that are required to support housing and employment growth in the borough so as to make a positive contribution to creating strong, cohesive and sustainable communities. This will be achieved through:
- addressing the needs of existing and future residents, of all ages and abilities, by ensuring the protection and improvement of existing services, facilities and open space and the creation of new services, facilities and open spaces where they are needed, in accessible locations if possible, including Town Centres, with good transport connectivity;
- working with partners such as the Mayor of London, Crossrail Limited, utility companies, developers, registered social housing providers, the NHS, voluntary sector, other Council departments and/or adjacent boroughs to develop, integrate, implement and monitor relevant social and community projects and programmes, particularly in the borough’s identified Sustainable Development Locations; and,
- ensuring developers contribute to the reasonable costs of new, expanded and/or improved services, facilities and open spaces made necessary by their development proposals through the use of planning obligations where appropriate and/or the community infrastructure levy.
For more information please see the Bexley Local Plan