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Dartford Co-op Site: £36m Plan, 46-Year Payback
Dartford council is asked to commit £36.08m to build 69 homes and a cinema on the old Co-op site, and forward-fund a £9.3m gap. Cabinet decides on 29 October.
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Planning
Stone HMO Approved at Whitby Close, Priory Road Refused
A six-bed HMO at Whitby Close, Stone, was approved after the 15 October board, capped at six people. A similar Priory Road plan was refused on 7 October.
Housing
Dartford Temporary Accommodation: 518 Households, Up 20%
518 Dartford households were in council temporary accommodation at the end of June, up from 433 a year earlier. 219 were placed outside the borough.
House Prices
Dartford House Prices Down £7,043: Worst Fall in Kent
The average Dartford home is £347,773, down £7,043 in a year. That is the biggest annual fall of any council area in Kent, and flats dropped 4.7 per cent.
Planning
Dartford HMO Rules: 10% Cap Within 50m Now in Force
A new HMO is refused if 10% of homes within 50m are already HMOs. Mid-terraces are out, and two and three-bed homes near a school are protected.
Planning
Woodman Pub Dartford: 5-Year HMO Backed, Bar Protected
Officers back a five-year HMO above The Woodman on East Hill, with 87.3 sqm of ground floor kept as a pub. Councillors vote 17 September; 11 object.
Planning
Hythe Street Dartford: Fifth Storey Would Make 26 Flats
A fifth storey at 11-27 Hythe Street would take the old Post Office to 26 flats. The Environment Agency puts it in Flood Zone 3a. Comments close 3 September.
Planning
Swanscombe 229-Home Plan: Just 11 at Affordable Rent
Countryside wants 229 homes at Ashmere Phase 5, Swanscombe. Just 57 are affordable and 46 of those are shared ownership. Comments close 10 September.
Planning
Swanscombe's 70 Affordable Homes: Sage Asks to Rewrite 106 Terms
Sage Homes wants the lender clause on 70 affordable homes at Tiltman Avenue, Swanscombe, rewritten so a bank could sell them freely after three months. Comments to 11 September.
House Prices
Dartford House Prices Jump £9,550 in a Month to £351,594
The average Dartford home reached £351,594 in June, up £9,550 in a month, the 8th biggest rise of 295 English areas. Sales, though, keep falling.