Policy information sourced from the Dartford Core Strategy
CS 21: Community Services
To ensure that community needs for services are provided in an appropriate location and in a timely and effective way, the Council will:
- Require that community services are provided as part of major development proposals, where provision is needed to meet the generated demand.
- Seek that, where possible, new facilities are provided in a way that allows benefits to be shared by existing and new communities. They should be located close to the population they will serve, with reference to natural community boundaries and access routes.
- Require that, provision of the facilities is appropriately phased so that residents of a development can have access to required facilities at an appropriate stage. Where permanent provision is not possible from the outset, temporary provision will be sought for early residents.
- Continue to work with the Health Authority to identify the most appropriate distribution of new provision and seek ways to implement this.
- Work in partnership with Kent County Council, the Health Authority and other delivery partners to ensure that new development makes an appropriate contribution towards land and facilities based on the need generated by the development.
- Consider favourably co-location of services, multi-purpose spaces and satellite provision, where this adequately serves community needs and provides a strong focus for communities.
- Work with Kent County Council to identify an additional site for a household waste recycling centre.
- Identify additional burial capacity for the period post 2026
For more information please see the Core Strategy