Policy information sourced from the Dartford Core Strategy

CS 13: Green Belt

In order to protect the openness of the Green Belt the Council will:

  • Resist inappropriate development, in accordance with PPG2, through its development control decisions.
  • Work with its partners to actively manage the Green Belt as a recreational and ecological resource, through the provision of green recreational and biodiversity networks linked with the urban area. The following projects will be implemented:
  • Enhancement of rural reaches of the Darenth Valley
  • New Countryside Gateway at South Darenth Lakes
  • Dartford Heath –restoration of heathland
  • Darenth Country Park improvements
  • Darenth Woods natural habitat enhancements
  • Beacon Woods Country Park improvements
  • Former Mabledon Hospital – enhancement of areas of ecological value
  • Better connectivity between Dartford and Gravesham countryside through Ebbsfleet Valley and A2 corridor

Agricultural land uses within the Green Belt will be protected. More detailed policies will be set out in the Development Management DPD.

For more information please see the Core Strategy