Policy information sourced from the Bexley Unitary Development Plan - Written Statement

TS9

Within the Crayford Ness area the following are the only uses as defined by paragraph 7.5, which, together with associated buildings and infrastructure, will be permitted:

  • business;
  • storage and distribution; and
  • general industry;

subject to:

  1. Policy E1; and
  2. there being no additional adverse highway safety or environmental impacts on Ray Lamb Way.

All development that would lead to increased lorry traffic generation will normally be resisted until relief has also been provided for the residential section of Manor Road.

TS10

Within the Crayford Ness area, the Council will seek to mitigate the potentially detrimental impact of industrial uses on the nearby Green Belt and Areas of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation and will normally expect all applications for planning permission to include:

  1. details of traffic generation;
  2. details of boundary treatment along land close to Areas of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation and/or Green Belt including fencing and landscaping; and
  3. details of measures to ensure that any emissions or pollutants are properly controlled, with particular reference to drainage and noise.

TS11

Subject to Policies E1 and T6 (with specific reference to the prior availability of satisfactory access across the railway line to Thames Road as necessary); within the Thames Road Industrial Area the following are the only uses as defined by paragraph 7.5, which, together with associated buildings and infrastructure, will normally be permitted:

  • business;
  • storage and distribution;
  • general industry;
  • road haulage and supporting services; and
  • hiring of plant and equipment.

TS12

Subject to Policy E1, within the Slade Green Industrial Area, the following are the only uses, as defined by paragraph 7.5, which, together with associated buildings and infrastructure, will be permitted:

  • business;
  • storage and distribution; and
  • general industry;

Conditions will normally be attached to planning permissions limiting the overnight storage of lorries on sites in the area.

For more information please see the Bexley Unitary Development Plan