Policy information sourced from the Gravesham Local Plan - Core Strategy

CS03: Northfleet Embankment and Swanscombe Peninsula East Opportunity Area

4.4.28 The Northfleet Embankment and Swanscombe Peninsula East Opportunity Area is a substantial opportunity for major riverside regeneration in Gravesham. Development will bring significant benefits to existing adjoining residential communities and the Borough as a whole through the delivery of new housing and jobs whilst achieving environmental improvement, especially in air quality, and a high standard of design.

4.4.29 Any future proposals for the Swanscombe Peninsula East Undeveloped Area will be subject to a comprehensive masterplan approach which deals with the issues of flood risk, transport and access, ground conditions, proximity to existing industrial uses, air quality, biodiversity, utilities, navigation and the presence of the HS1 railway line.

4.4.30 The Swanscombe Peninsula East Riverside Industrial Area, Kimberly Clark Site and Imperial Business Estate will be retained in employment use. The Council will support proposals which expand and support their operation.

4.4.31 The Council will support the regeneration for residential and employment uses of the Grove Road and Lower Ebbsfleet Area taking into account the ground conditions and existing uses.

4.4.32 Development of the Key Sites will lead to the provision of around 980 dwellings and around 133,500 sq m gross employment floorspace. Development on the Key Sites will be in accordance with the principles set out below.

Land East of Grove Road and Robin’s Creek Key Site (within sub-area 1.3)

4.4.33 This will provide a residentially led mixed use development with the potential to create around 200 dwellings. Such development will be expected to: improve and enhance Robin’s Creek and the Ebbsfleet stream; improve greenspace; and reduce heavy commercial traffic and parking on Grove Road.

Old Northfleet Residential Extension Key Site (sub-area 1.4)

4.4.34 This will provide a residential development of around 530 dwellings, open space, an extension and improvements to the Hive local centre and provision of community facilities.

Northfleet Cement Works Regeneration Area Key Site (sub-area 1.5)

4.4.35 This will provide an employment development of around 46,000 sq m gross new employment floorspace comprising business, industrial, and storage and distribution facilities (use classes B1, B2 and B8) and a Bulk Aggregates Import Terminal. Such development will be required to satisfactorily relocate Bevan’s War Memorial.

Northfleet Embankment East Regeneration Area Key Site (sub-area 1.8)

4.4.36 This will provide an employment led development of around 87,550 sq m gross new employment floorspace including a major industrial and warehousing development (use classes B1, B2 and B8) with multimodal access, subject to masterplanning and overcoming identified constraints. It will also provide around 250 dwellings at the eastern end of the site which will reinforce the existing adjacent residential areas.

A buffer zone comprising open space, landscaping and business development (use class B1) will be required between the residential development and the industrial and warehousing development. Such development should seek to restore the listed remains of Rosherville Pier and maintain an east-west route for public transport and general traffic accessing the Imperial Business and Retail Estate and Gravesend town centre.

Proposals for the Key Site will be required to retain Red Lion Wharf for commercial river based use that is appropriate to context, subject to capacity for the transhipment of minerals being maintained through appropriate alternative provision off-site.

For more information please see the Gravesham Core Strategy