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Permitted25/01825/FULSubmitted 11 months agoGarage

Longlands Road Bexley DA15 7LT

This is a retrospective application which we have been advised to make. Our old garage, constructed of thick, heavy concrete panels bolted together with a pitched roof was becoming increasingly unsafe. We estimate it was sixty - seventy years old. The roof was leaking, the very solid lintels, front and rear, were moving and we were fearful the building could collapse. The were able to find a builder who could undertake the project of demolishing the old garage and creating a new building with the same dimensions as the old one, but constructed of lightweight breeze blocks. The work was carried out late July and early August 2025. Because the new construction was simply a replacement of the old one we were advised that no planning application was required. During the building process and as we learnt that the new roof would be constructed with solid joists we checked out with the builder whether it might potentially be able to use the new flat roof maybe as a roof garden or sun terrace or both. With this in mind we asked the builder to extend the height of the front wall by approximately 1m 70 to provide a screen/feature wall, with an additional two 60cm side walls on both front corners of the raised wall to provide extra stability. The gross internal and external dimensions of the new garage remain the same as the old garage.

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Progress

Submitted
24 Sept 2025
— completed
Validated
24 Sept 2025
— completed
Consultation
9 Oct 2025
— completed
Target date
19 Nov 2025
— completed
Decided
23 Jan 2026
— completed

Application details

Reference
25/01825/FUL
Local authority
Bexley
Postcode
DA15 7LT
Ward
LONGN
Application type
Householder
Property type
Flat

Key dates

Submitted
24 Sept 2025
Validated
24 Sept 2025
Comments close
9 Oct 2025
Target decision
19 Nov 2025
Decided
23 Jan 2026

Estimated project value

£10k–£44k

Typical UK cost for this job type, at outer London rates (2026). Estimated from the proposal description — planning applications do not state build cost. Source: Checkatrade 2026 garage conversion cost guide.

Floor area gained: 18.56m²

Recently sold nearby

Nothing on this postcode has changed hands in the last two years. The sales below are for pricing rather than a lead.

Homes here go for about £617,500 — the median of the last 8 market sales in DA15 7LT, £417,500 to £875,000.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sales are matched by postcode, not by property, so a sale listed here may be a neighbouring address. England and Wales only.

Planning constraints

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