Policy information sourced from the The Dartford Plan
Policy S4: Borough Development Levels
Large developments should be delivered at a phased rate in accordance with agreed masterplanning to provide a fow and complementary range of development, facilities and infrastructure. Achieving genuine variety within residential developments, through diferentiation of housing tenures and types/ design, will create vibrant places, and also help maintain rates of new home delivery and Borough housing supply as planned. The provision of afordable housing will feature at residential development sites as set out in Policy M7.
Housing Requirement
New homes are required to be delivered at an average rate of 790 per annum (totalling 12,640 homes from April 2021 to March 2037 inclusive), with planning permissions and delivery closely monitored and managed. Decisions will be based on this requirement and the identifed housing land supply in order to ensure a steady availability of deliverable land, and achievement of the planned supply at sustainable locations supported by infrastructure.
Planning decisions will have close regard to the target for 80% of the Borough’s new homes in the plan period to be located on brownfeld land.
A rolling fve year deliverable supply of housing land will be maintained, including the applicable supply bufer (brought forward from within the Plan period to the level as required in the Housing Delivery Test).
Meeting the needs arising from the Gypsy Traveller Accommodation Assessment:
- one plot in total is needed for Travelling Showpeople, this is required in the next fve years (2026/27).
- 56 pitches in total are needed for Gypsies and Travellers. This is required as follows:
- 35 deliverable pitches in the next fve years (2026/27), and
- a further 21 developable pitches by the end of the plan period.
Town Centre, Community and Employment Development
Supporting the delivery of sustainable development aims and Dartford’s economic strategy and regeneration areas, planning decisions will take account of the desirability of providing:
- balanced mix of land uses in the Borough and within neighbourhoods;
- approximately an average rate of 22,000sqm per annum of new commercial, business and services uses, and community and learning uses (including ofces, health facilities and schools); and
- approximately an average rate of 25,000sqm per annum of new industrial/ distribution premises.
Policy information sourced from the The Dartford Plan