Policy information sourced from the The Dartford Plan

Policy E5: Alkerden and Ashmere Allocation

Alkerden and Ashmere will form sustainable, active and well integrated neighbourhoods set in significant green infrastructure. The fulfilment of strategic Garden City development by prompt completion of mixed use centres and infrastructure will be supported, complemented by new diverse residential neighbourhoods.

Proposals should be designed to deliver:

  • A direct Fastrack route between Bluewater and Ebbsfleet Central;
  • Mixed residential neighbourhoods supported by the provision of centres with community facilities and local services. Alkerden will be a significant local hub for the Garden City with a District Centre which will include an education campus and medical/ healthcare provision. At Ashmere, a Local Centre will be provided;
  • Provision of significant custom/ self-build dwellings and other forms of residential and specialist accommodation, including for older people, well located to the Centres, to diversify housing supply and provide inclusive communities in the Garden City;
  • A fully connected pedestrian and cycle network, linked to Ebbsfleet Central/ Castle Hill, the surrounding areas and Bluewater, and the enhancement of connections to Swanscombe, Greenhithe, Stone and the countryside to the south of the A2; and
  • High quality new strategic and local greenspace, including at Craylands Gorge and other north-south ecological corridors, and a major park between Alkerden and Ashmere.

Development is expected to deliver:

  • 4,700 dwellings (or more);
  • Specialist residential accommodation; and
  • Approximately 10,000sqm floorspace within Use Class E, plus significant community uses (including Class E(a)(b) and (c), and Class F1(a) and Class F2(a) and (b)) focused on a District Centre, and a Local Centre.

Policy information sourced from the The Dartford Plan