The Council produces reports related to its Development Plan that are required by legislation.

Local Plan Monitoring Reports

The Council monitors the effectiveness of its local plan policies and publishes reports that cover a 12-month period. These reports also help the Government and the Mayor of London assess how successfully Bexley's policies support national and regional planning policies.

A monitoring report for the new Bexley Local Plan, adopted 26 April 2023, will be prepared and published after the first 12-month implementation period of the plan.

Assessment of five-year housing land supply

The Council must publish information on whether there are enough deliverable sites to meet the area's housing needs over the next five years. The Council considers that it is on course to exceed its London Plan housing requirement over the next five years.

• London Borough of Bexley Five Year Housing Land Supply Report 2022 to 2027 (PDF)

Housing Delivery Test action plan

In the 2022 measurement (covering the period of April 2019 to April 2022), published by the Government on 19 December 2023, the Council delivered 91% of its housing requirement and, as a consequence of falling below 95%, is required to publish an Action Plan. An Action Plan was published in 2021 and after review has been found to remain relevant so is reproduced below. However, the Council is confident that it has exceeded 95% over the April 2020 to April 2023 period, and as such will not be required to publish an action plan once the 2023 measurement is published. Also, the Council has a recently adopted Local Plan that includes a housing trajectory with a five year housing supply from the period April 2022 to March 2027 that demonstrates that London Borough of Bexley is well placed to deliver against its housing requirements. The level of detail on the supply of housing in the trajectory along with up-to-date development plan policies illustrates a positive approach to delivering new homes in the borough.

If any future Housing Delivery Test measurements fall below the 95% threshold, the Council will produce an updated Action Plan.

• 2021 Housing Delivery Test Action Plan (PDF)