Bexley (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Plans for new padel courts and a tattoo studio have been submitted to Bexley Council, adding to the borough’s growing list of redevelopment proposals.
Crook Log Sports Centre, located on Brampton Road in Bexleyheath, has put forward plans to add four more courts to its property.
To enable year-round play, the designs incorporate related glass panels, fencing, and an all-weather canopy.
An application for a change of use has been submitted in Bexley to convert the ground floor of the old Bourne Road estate agent Anthony Martin’s office into a tattoo parlor.
According to the planning proposal, it might represent the rising popularity of “creative, service-led enterprises in smaller town centres” and provide the high street with a “fresh business type.”
Additionally, plans to turn office space in Broadway, Bexleyheath, into four residences have been submitted.
Other recent uses consist of:
- Parking at Maidstone’s Springfield Park is expensive; visitors must pay £50 per hour.Parking at Maidstone’s Springfield Park is expensive; visitors must pay £50 per hour.
- Lloyds Bank in Bexleyheath has one lit fascia and one non-illuminated sign on display.
- In Maidstone Road, Sidcup, totem signs and lit fascia have been installed.
- At Sidcup Conservative Club on Oxford Road, a bowling green will be replaced with two padel tennis courts, complete with landscaping, lighting, and a canopy.
- Trees at Bexley College’s Holly Hill Campus, Belvedere, and the backs of homes on Weir Road and Upper Park Road that are protected by preservation orders are being worked on.
- On property close to Craydene Road in Erith, a two-story building will be constructed to create four independent residential apartments.
- A new two-story house is being built on Halcot Avenue in Bexleyheath.
- Household additions and loft conversions, such as those in Bexley, Crayford, and Welling, as well as at Barry Avenue, Parkhill Road, Danson Road, and Castleton Avenue in Bexleyheath.
- The transformation of a garage on Bexleyheath’s Erith Road into a standalone residence.
All are presently awaiting the planning authority’s decisions.
What planning policies apply to sports and commercial uses in Bexley?
Bexley’s Open Space Strategy reflects national Planning Policy Guidance Note 17 (PPG17) as it relates to open space, sport and recreation, the identification and assessment of needs for outdoor sport and recreation, the adequate provision for outdoor sport and recreation, and the planning of new sports facilities based on local demand and community need.
The incorporation of new sports facilities on land designated as Green Belt land or MOL is tightly controlled. Policies ENV2, ENV3, ENV10 and ENV15 restrict new buildings or the change of use of land, except for necessary new sports facilities, which will protect the openness and character of Green Belt land / MOL.
Policy ENV20 requires that any educational use or playing field that is considered surplus is only brought forward following an assessment process, and ensures that there is a preference for recreational/leisure/sporting use to address any deficiencies.
