Northern Gateway Consultation
What is this consultation about?
This consultation has now ended.
The Council has prepared development proposals for the Northern Gateway area for consultation. The proposals cover the employment area and Dartford Fresh Mashes to the north of Dartford railway station, bounded by Central Road, Temple Hill, Mill Pond Road, Victoria Road, Priory Road North, Lawson Road and Bob Dunn Way, including the Glaxo Smith Kline and Arjo Wiggins sites. The Council is seeking your views about the amount and type of development proposed. The proposals are not set in stone and the Council will take your views into account before finalising them.
The Northern Gateway is now to be included as a strategic site within the Core Strategy
The consultation ran from 10th July until 7th August 2009.
View the Public Notice on the Northern Gateway consultation.
Where to view the consultation document?
Download the consultation leaflet (PDF 600kb) which contains the site plan and proposals for the area.
Copies of the leaflet and questionnaire are available at the following locations, free of charge on the days and hours specified:
- Civic Centre, Home Gardens, Dartford, 8:45 AM to 5:15 PM Monday to Thursday and 8:45 AM to 4:45 PM on Friday
- Dartford Library, Central Park, Dartford, 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM Monday to Friday and 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Saturday
- Temple Hill Library, Temple Hill Square, Dartford, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Saturday
- The Living Well Centre, St Edmunds Church, St Edmunds Road, Dartford DA1 5ND, 9.00 AM - 5.00 PMMonday to Friday
Two ‘Drop-in sessions’ will be held on Wednesday 22 July and Friday 24 July between 10am to 1pm at the Living Well Centre, St Edmunds Road, Temple Hill, where Council staff will be on hand to you’re your views or answer questions about these proposals.
How to comment?
You can comment on the proposals by:
- Complete the paper copy (available as above; or you can download it) and return it (no stamp is needed) to the Planning Policy Team, Dartford Borough Council, Civic Centre, Home Gardens, Dartford, DA1 1DR.
Please send you comments to reach us by Friday 7 August 2009.
What’s next?
After consideration of consultation responses, the Northern Gateway proposals will be taken forward as part of Dartford’s Local Development Framework Core Strategy. It will be consulted again as part of the Core Strategy before it is submitted to government.
Where to obtain further information?
If you have any further queries relating to the Northern Gateway proposals or the Local Development Framework, please contact the Planning Policy Team on 01322 343213 or by email on LDF@dartford.gov.uk.
