The Dartford Plan – Evidence and Weblinks

The Dartford Plan to 2037- Evidence & Weblinks

Key documents referred to in the (2024) Dartford Plan, including evidence supporting the Plan and its implementation, are compiled here. Documents produced for the Plan/ Dartford Borough Council are listed by theme. This is followed by Other Local, and National, categories:

Residential

• SHLAA:

  • Strategic Housing Land Availabilty Assessment (SHLAA) Main report (updated 2022)

  • DBC Commentary on Trajectory Rates of Sites 50 and Above Additional appendix 2022

  • Strategic Housing Land Availability Site Summary Compendium September 2021  Outline of most sites considered.

  • SHLAA Methadology  Method.

• Residential Requirement Report September 2021

• Dartford and Ebbsfleet Housing Needs Assessment October 2019 

• Dartford and Ebbsfleet Residential Needs Update August 2021

• Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment October 2019

Transport and Infrastructure

• Future Infrastructure Statement December 2021

• Sustainable Transport Strategy Updated March 2022
• Strategic highway modelling:
  • Strategic Transport Modelling Stage 2a - Forecast Year baseline model
  • Strategic Transport Modelling Stage 2b Methadology
  • Strategic Transport Modelling Stage 3a Local Plan Options Testing Methadology September 2021
  • Strategic Transport Modelling Stage 3a Appendices September 2021
  • Strategic Transport Modelling Stage 3b Local Plan Option Testing Output September 2021
  • Strategic Transport Modelling Stage 3b Appendices
  • Strategic Transport Modelling Stage 4 Local Plan Mitigation Modelling December 2021

Economic

• Local Plan Viability Report Assessment Report February 2021
• Local Plan Viability Assessment Appendices February 2021
• Retail & leisure study:
  • Dartford and Ebbsfleet Retail and Leisure Study Part 1 January 2021
  • Dartford and Ebbsfleet Retail and Leisure Study Part 2
  • Dartford and Ebbsfleet Retail and Leisure Study Appendix
  • Dartford an Ebbsfleet Retail and Leisure Study Appendices B-D
• Economic Land Report September 2021
• Dartford Employment Needs Review January 2020

Environmental

• Habitats Regulation Assessment July 2021
• Green Infrastructure Paper September 2021
• SFRA:
  • Dartford Borough Level 1 and 2 Strategic Flood Risk Report February 2021
  • Dartford Borough Level 1 and 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Appendices (Part 1)
  • Dartford Borough Level 1 and 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Appendices J-O (except L) February 2021
  • Dartford Borough Level 1 and 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assesment Appendix Updated 4th March 2022
• Flood Risk Sequential Approach Paper September 2021
• Lower Darent Riverside Strategy February 2024

Other Local

• Kent County Council
• Stone Neighbourhood Plan
• Ebbsfleet Development Corporation (2017): Ebbsfleet Implementation Framework
• Kent County Council (2020): Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2013-30
• Kent County Council. (2020): Public Health Observatory, Health and social care maps, Archive.

National

• The National Planning Policy Framework 2023 (NPPF)

• Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (2023): Planning Policy for Traveller Sites

• The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017

• NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics

• Department for Transport, Dept. of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2007). Designing and modifying residential streets: Manual for Streets
• Department of the Environment (1994). Biodiversity: the UK Action Plan
• National Highways (Various dates). The Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
• Office for National Statistics (2012): 2011 Census
• Employees in the UK Statistical Bulletins

• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero., Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (various dates): UK Local Authority and Regional Greenhouse Gas Emissions National Statistics

• Office for National Statistics (2020): Population estimates for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-2020

• Office for National Statistics (various dates): Population estimates

• Office of Rail and Road: Passenger Rail Usage Statistics