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01Bexley, London

Listed building consent for Bexley's older houses

Swapping a rotten sash for an identical one sounds like repair, and in Bexley the Local Plan speaks the same language: like-for-like materials. The hard part is deciding where repair ends and replacement begins. Our drawings draw that line for the officer, element by element, so a window, a roof covering or a floor shows what is original and what is renewed.

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    02The brief

    Repair, replacement and the line between them

    Bexley's Local Plan, adopted in 2023, asks that alterations conserve or enhance the special character of a listed building, inside and out. Where the original cannot stay, the plan accepts compatible replacements, so the question for each element is whether the new one matches the old in material and appearance.

    National policy points the same way. Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importance, and on weight it says: Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assets.

    Upper floors of a large yellow-brick Victorian house in London with chimney pots
    Pencil resting on a dimensioned technical drawing beside a scale rule
    Photograph: Sven Mieke

    03The record

    Local figures for Bexley

    Figures with their unit, period and source
    MeasureValuePeriodSource
    Alterations to listed buildings must conserve or enhance special character inside and out; like-for-like or compatible replacement materials.like-for-like materialsNo periodbexley.gov.uk, Bexley Local Plan (adopted April 2023), Policy DP14 part 6
    NPPF Aug 2026, policy HE5(1)Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importanceNo periodgov.uk
    NPPF Aug 2026, policy HE6(1)Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assetsNo periodgov.uk
    Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 s9(1), s9(4)Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictmentNo periodlegislation.gov.uk
    Concessions: application types with no current fee - Listed Building Consent0 GBPNo periodribblevalley.gov.uk
    Listed building entries114 list entries (Historic England, within the LPA boundary)No periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Grade I listed entries6 list entriesNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Grade II* listed entries9 list entriesNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Grade II listed entries99 list entriesNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Scheduled monuments4 scheduled monuments intersecting the LPA boundary (Historic England)No periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Heritage at Risk entries3 Heritage at Risk Register entries within the LPA boundary (Historic England)No periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Conservation areas23 named conservation areas published by the councilNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Listed building consent decisions (PS2)8 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend)2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026)assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
    Listed building consents granted (PS2)100 % granted2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026)assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

    A blank value means the figure has not been published, not that there are none. Check your own address with the council.

    Bexley7 neighbouring councils
    Councils bordering Bexley

    04The streets

    Householder applications by street in Bexley

    Streets in Bexley with the most householder applications, and the share approved
    StreetApplicationsApproved
    Rydal Drive3688%
    Danson Road3578%
    Glenhurst Avenue3491%
    Westwood Lane3494%
    Wren Road3389%
    Harland Avenue3297%
    Halfway Street3167%
    Northumberland Avenue3197%
    Okehampton Crescent3090%
    Upton Road2679%
    Bellegrove Road2591%
    Latham Road25100%
    Mayplace Road East2584%
    Walton Road25100%
    Wansunt Road2596%

    Counts of householder applications by street; no individual applications are shown. Streets with fewer than five applications are left out.

    GLA Planning London Datahub, householder applications

    05The drawing

    The listed building consent routeA, What the council weighs: Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importance. B, The weight given to conservation: Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assets. C, Bexley: consents decided: 8 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend). D, Bexley: consents granted: 100 % granted. E, Works without consent: Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictmentSurvey and significanceHeritage statementDrawings and scheduleCouncil decisionABCDE

    The listed building consent route

    How works to a listed building are consented, from the first survey to the decision.

    A What the council weighs
    Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importance
    B The weight given to conservation
    Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assets
    C Bexley: consents decided
    8 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend)
    D Bexley: consents granted
    100 % granted
    E Works without consent
    Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment
    The listed house in its terrace3D
    Scroll the page: the model turns with it.

    06The detail

    A clean record, and why we do not lean on it

    Bexley decided 8 applications to alter or extend a listed building in its latest published year and granted 100% of them. That looks reassuring, but it covers few applications, and each one was judged on its own building.

    The sensible reading is that a well-prepared like-for-like scheme meets little resistance, and one that departs from the original fabric has to earn its place on the drawings.

    Parks, monuments and a setting to protect

    The list for the borough holds 114 entries, of which 6 are Grade I and 9 are Grade II*. Around them are 4 scheduled monuments, 4 registered parks and gardens, and 3 entries on the Heritage at Risk Register. A house beside one of those sites can be judged on its setting as well as on its own walls.

    The council designates 23 conservation areas. We hold no published count of its Article 4 directions, so the address check reads the directions that apply to your street. One direction, on houses in multiple occupation, applies across the whole borough.

    Fees, penalties and the next application

    Bexley takes no fee for the consent application itself. Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment, so the application has to come before the work.

    A listed house often needs a second application. A roof proposal belongs with mansard roof drawings in Bexley, and a lower floor with basement conversion drawings in Bexley. Across the Thames, listed building consent drawings in Barking and Dagenham shows how a different borough frames the same test.

    Planning sheet for a single-storey rear extension: proposed ground floor plan and rear elevation, with the Property Architecture title block
    Sample drawing. Proposed plan and rear elevation from a planning application set, sheet 03 at 1:50.

    07The papers

    What the drawings rest on

    Red-brick mansion blocks and shopfronts on a street cornerMeasured surveys
    Photograph: Tom McCarten
    Building regulations section through a rear extension, with the roof, floor, wall and foundation build-ups labelled
    Sample drawing. Section A-A with the build-ups building control checks, sheet 07 at 1:50.

    08Correspondence

    Questions

    Does like-for-like repair need listed building consent in Bexley?

    Often not for genuine repair, but replacement that changes the appearance or fabric usually does. Send us the address and the work, and the free check tells you which side it falls on.

    What counts as a compatible replacement material?

    One that matches the original in look, texture and behaviour, such as the same timber species for a window or the same clay tile for a roof. The conservation officer makes the call, so we put samples and details on the drawing before the application goes in.

    Does a full grant record mean my application will pass?

    No. The record covers few applications and says nothing about yours. What helps is a survey that shows the original fabric clearly and a proposal that keeps most of it.

    Do you provide the heritage statement?

    The application needs an assessment of significance, proportionate to the building's importance. We draw the plans, sections and elevations it refers to, and confirm in the fixed quote what else the application needs.

    Rows of brick terraced houses and gardens on a residential street

    100%

    granted

    Listed building consents granted (PS2), Bexley, 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026). Source: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

    Photograph: Altaf Shah

    09Further reading

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    10Sources

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