Brownfield land in Bexley: 173 sites on the register
Part of development land in Greater London — 6,119 sites across 33 councils.
London Borough of Bexley has published 173 brownfield sites in Bexley on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 101.0 hectares with an estimated capacity of 9,128 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Bexley register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesnes Estate/Coralline Walk | 11.07 | 1104 | permissioned |
| Former Linpac Site And Adjoining Warehouse, Richmer Road | 6.14 | 336 | permissioned |
| Land West Of Sedgemere Road And East Of Harrow Manorway, Abbey Wood | 6.01 | 219 | permissioned |
| Crabtree Manorway South | 5.97 | 740 | not yet |
| Erith Western Gateway | 4.62 | — | not yet |
| Belvedere Gas Holders | 3.89 | 465 | not yet |
| Land At Southmere Village, Yarnton Way,Thamesmead | 3.78 | — | permissioned |
| Sainsburys Crayford | 3.69 | 450 | not yet |
Source: London Borough of Bexley brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 22 of the 173 sites (13%) state no dwelling capacity, so the capacity figure covers the 151 that do — the real total is higher.
What a brownfield register actually is
Every local planning authority in England is required to keep a register of previously-developed land it considers appropriate for residential development. Part 1 lists all such sites; Part 2 sites carry permission in principle.
What it is not: an entry is not planning permission, and it is not an offer to sell. The council assessing a site as suitable says nothing about whether the owner wants to sell it or what a scheme would actually get approved. England has no zoning — the Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable.
The registers are public and free. They are underused mainly because each authority publishes its own separately, in its own format, so comparing more than one area by hand is painful.
Working the Bexley register properly
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else. Check before you fall in love with a line on a map.
- Treat the dwelling figure as the council’s opinion. 9,128 is what the council thinks Bexley’s register could take — your scheme, your design and the Local Plan will move it.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid gives you what actually sold nearby; work the residual land value from there rather than from an asking price.
- Find the owner. Register sites are rarely advertised. Ownership status is listed, and Land Registry title records do the rest.
Questions this page answers
- Brownfield land register Bexley
- Development land in Bexley
- How much brownfield land is there in Bexley?
- Where can I build houses in Bexley?
- Bexley land availability assessment
GoSiteHunt is an advertising and analysis platform, not a real estate agent or planning consultancy. Everything here is indicative screening from public data — not a valuation, not planning advice, and never a substitute for the council’s own records or your own professional advisers.