Regeneration in Bexley
Sustaining Prosperity, Extending Opportunity
Frameworks & Strategies
The Invest Bexley Regeneration Framework 2007 – 2016
 The
Invest Bexley Regeneration Framework 2007 – 2016
(8.4MB, PDF file)
presents Invest Bexley’s priorities and aspirations, and outlines projects
that will help to shape physical, social and cultural change in the Borough
over the next ten years and beyond.
Our aim is to make Bexley a place where people will want to stay, a place
with real communities living in decent homes, a place for families with good
amenities and a sense of identity, a place that builds on its strengths and
addresses its weaknesses.
An Executive
Summary (1.16MB, PDF file) is
also available.
For more information, contact Bexley’s Regeneration Unit: regeneration@bexley.gov.uk
Bexley's Regeneration Framework
 Bexley's
Regeneration Framework (1.16MB, PDF file) sets
out the priorities of the Council and its partners for regeneration for the period
2005-2016.
The Regeneration Framework includes a three-part vision for the economic,
environmental and social regeneration in the Borough. By 2016 Bexley will be:
- A sustainable borough.
- The location of choice for all its residents and for employers.
- Better connected to the rest of London and the Thames Gateway.
The Framework includes priorities for achievement in the medium term, to 2010,
including:
- Continuing the renewal of Erith Town
Centre and Riverside.
- Progressing the renaissance of Crayford
Town Centre to create an integrated
sustainable community.
- Continuing to press strongly for transport improvements to benefit the
Borough, principally
 Crossrail and
an integrated Thames
Gateway Transit.
- Promoting improvements in infrastructure, in particular power supplies
and fibre-optic networks in employment locations to meet the needs of higher-technology
businesses.
- Improving the diversity of the employment offer of the Belvedere/Erith Employment Area, by developing Veridion Park (formerly East Thamesmead Business Park), including the Thames
Innovation Centre.
The Framework shows how regeneration will help deliver the Partnership for
Bexley's Community Strategy.
The opportunities and challenges presented by the Government's Sustainable
Communities Plan, published by the Department
for Communities & Local Government,
provide a complementary framework to help deliver further regeneration in this
part of Thames Gateway. The Framework therefore also sets out how Bexley will
contribute to the regeneration of the Thames Gateway and help achieve the aims
of the Sustainable Communities Plan.
The Council adopted the Regeneration Framework after extensive consultation.
The responses received to consultation on the draft Framework are available here: Responses
to Regeneration Framework Consultation (152KB, PDF file).
The Regeneration Framework is one of a suite of related
strategies which
seek to improve the quality of life in the Borough by addressing issues such
as: land use (Unitary Development Plan and Local Development
Framework); transport
needs (Borough Spending Plan and Local Implementation Plan); and employment and
the economy (Economic and Employment Development Strategy and
Plan).
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Bexley's Visitor Strategy
Visitors are important to Bexley. They support leisure and cultural facilities,
add to the vibrancy and vitality of our town centres, and contribute to the local
economy.
 The
Council adopted a Visitor
Strategy (4MB, PDF file) in
2005, following extensive stakeholder and public consultation. Our vision is
to make Bexley a sustainable destination, positioned as a London gateway, making
the most of its rich diversity, creating a warm welcome for visitors, offering
quality and value. The Strategy contains five themes to achieve this vision:
- Product development: attractors, accommodation, public realm, visitor
management, visitor experience, information and booking.
- Market development: priorities, market focus and dispersal.
- People and entrepreneurship: workforce development and business support.
- Evidence and intelligence: data collection and research.
- Leadership and promotion: roles, responsibilities and advocacy.
Bexley's Visitor Strategy is set within the context of the Mayor of
London's plan for tourism: Visit
London Tourism Plan (pdf file) and
the East London Tourism
Strategy.
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Unitary Development Plan and Local Development
Bexley's Unitary Development Plan
(UDP) guides new development and decisions
on planning applications. The UDP is gradually being replaced by a series of
documents collectively called a Local
Development Framework, or LDF. The LDF
will contain policies that guide future land use and development within the Borough.
It will also include policies that guide the assessment of planning applications.
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Borough Spending Plan and Local Implementation
Plan
The Borough Spending Plan describes
London Borough of Bexley's transport priorities and sets out bids for funding for a three-year
spending programme. The Local Implementation
Plan sets out the local policy context
for, and proposals for the implementation in Bexley of, the Mayor of London's
Transport Strategy for the period 2005/06 to 2010/11.
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Economic and Employment Development Strategy
"Knowing Bexley", the draft Economic
and Employment Development Strategy for the London Borough of Bexley is a
five-year Strategy towards embedding higher-value activity within the Borough.
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Erith Western Gateway Planning Brief
The Erith Western Gateway
Planning Brief covers the area incorporating the
Riverside Baths, former Walnut Tree Depot Site, LEB Site, Running Horses Public
House, Layby Site (which is opposite the Former Police Station) and the Riverside
Gardens.
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Managing the Marshes Strategy
The Department
for Communities & Local Government awarded £1
million from the Sustainable Communities Fund towards the environmental regeneration
of Erith, Crayford and Dartford Marshes. The Managing
the Marshes Summary Report February 2006 (1.29MB, PDF file) describes
the strategy and projects delivered to March 2006.
 The Managing the Marshes Vision and Strategy March 2006 (1.54MB, PDF file) takes
full account of the vast potential
of the marshes, the huge range of demands on
them, the needs of the local and wider
communities, and the need to restore a
sustainable ecosystem, one that can survive
indefinitely. It also makes reference to the following technical documents:
Transport
Accessibility Plans and Report, January 2006 (1.06MB, PDF file)
Landscape Character
Assessment, February 2006 (1.20MB, PDF file)
Towards
A Design Language, March 2006 (0.60MB, PDF file)
Baseline
Summary Report, April 2006 (4.14MB, PDF file)
Heritage
Review, June 2006 (1.08MB, PDF file)
Erith Saltings Teachers Worksheets, March 2008 (1.62MB, PDF file)
Projects
include water level management, public access improvements, providing signage
and information, increasing education and community engagement, measures to reduce
envirocrime, biodiversity improvements and the production of management plans.
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River Cray Environmental Regeneration Programme
 The Department
for Communities & Local Government awarded £500,000
from the Sustainable Communities Fund towards the regeneration of the River Cray
corridor in Bexley. The programme includes encouraging biodiversity, improving
access, flood alleviation, education, measures to reduce envirocrime, and increasing
community participation. The report, River
Cray Environmental Regeneration Programme 2004/06 (3.67MB, PDF file),
contains a summary of the strategy and programme.
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