Dartford - Policy M23: Food and Drink Establishments

Policy information sourced from the The Dartford Plan

Policy M23: Food and Drink Establishments

Hot food takeaways, nightclubs, bars and public houses will only be acceptable where the following criteria are met, taking account of potential cumulative impacts:

there will be no material detrimental effects on the residential amenity of neighbours;
there will be no material detrimental effects on the local environmental quality as a result of noise, vibration and smells; and
access, servicing and parking arrangements for the proposal will not result in an adverse material impact on the safety and traffic flows or cause unacceptable increases to traffic and parking,
the local planning authority will seek to prevent the inappropriate location or clustering of takeaway premises. Hot food takeaways will normally be acceptable only within the designated network of retail centres, and will normally be refused adjacent to an existing or approved hot food takeaway unit (other than at Bluewater).

The proposed loss of public houses in the Borough will only be acceptable where sufficient effective marketing of the premises has been carried out which demonstrates that it is not viable as a public house or for local community (Use Class F2) use. Marketing should be proactive and for a continuous period of 12 months or more, using a professional agent and an appropriate range of online, on-site and other advertising media. The asking price should be demonstrated to be reasonable for pub and class F2 use, and reflecting the property and location; applying throughout the marketing period.

Policy information sourced from the The Dartford Plan