Drawings for planning permission in Bexley and Sidcup
Drawings for planning permission in Sidcup are submitted to Bexley Council, which granted 95% of the 877 householder decisions it made in the latest four quarters of published data. A clean set of scaled plans, elevations and a location plan is what that application needs. DrawingsDirect draws planning sets from £745.
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Sidcup applications go to Bexley
Sidcup sits in the London Borough of Bexley, so a householder application for a Sidcup home is normally decided by Bexley Council. Near the borough edge, confirm the council for your address with the gov.uk council finder. The drawings need to match what that council validates: a location plan, a block plan, and existing and proposed plans and elevations.
National practice guidance says the location plan should typically be 1:1250 or 1:2500, as its Making an application section explains.
How Bexley decides
Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (released 24 Sep 2026) counts 877 householder decisions in Bexley from 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, and 95% were granted. Rounded, 100% of the householder decisions that were not prior approvals came inside 8 weeks.
Those numbers describe the whole borough. Your own result still turns on neighbours, the street scene and how clearly the drawings explain the scheme.
Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (released 24 Sep 2026) counts 877 householder decisions in Bexley from 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, and 95% were granted.
Appeals and conservation areas
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) finds 157 householder appeals decided for Bexley between 2021 and 2026, of which 34% were allowed.
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area dataset (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) counts 31 live Bexley entries on the national conservation-area register. With that many, look up your Sidcup street early on Bexley's conservation area map: inside a conservation area the council reads the drawings more closely.
Timescale and cost
The statutory decision period for an application that is not major development is 8 weeks from the day after the council receives it, under article 34 of the Development Management Procedure Order.
Our planning drawings start at £745. The householder application fee payable to the council is £548 from 1 April 2026.
Other Bexley pages
Our planning drawings overview explains the service across London. For the layout stage see floor plans in Bexley, and for the technical set see our building regulations drawings page.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 877 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 95% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 100% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 157 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 34% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 31 | Our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) | www.planning.data.gov.uk |
| 8 weeks | DMPO 2015 art 34(2)(b): decision period for an application that is not major development (source wording: 8 weeks beginning with the day immediately following receipt) | www.legislation.gov.uk |
| £548 | Statutory fee from 1 April 2026, SI 2012/2920 Sch 1 Pt 2 category 6(1): householder application for alterations or extensions to a single dwellinghouse | assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
| 1:1250 | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 024 (ID 14-024-20140306): location plan scale should typically be 1:1250 or 1:2500 | www.gov.uk |
| £745 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for planning drawings, from the published price list | drawingsdirect.co.uk |