From the
https://www.kentonline.co.uk By Alex Langridge, 20 February 2023.
Plans submitted to reopen The Ship pub in Darenth and build houses.
Plans to reopen a boarded up pub, which shut four years ago, have
been drawn up – along with proposals to build houses next door. Private company Llamedos Properties has submitted the proposals to
Dartford council to partially redevelop The Ship, in Darenth.
Plans have been submitted to Dartford council about the vacant site. The boozer, in Green Street Green Road, shut in August 2019 and has
been empty ever since.
It had a main bar area which could seat up to 30 people and
additional floorspace which used to be a rear bar, staff room and
restaurant.
The first floor had a kitchen, lounge, double bedroom, office and
bathroom, and there were two double bedrooms in the roof space.
The site also had a basement which was used as storage, and seven
outbuildings.
Llamedos Properties has now submitted plans to redevelop the site
but says it will keep the ground floor of the building as a public
house, if approved.
It also wants to demolish the two extensions built on the side and
rear of the former pub and all of the outbuildings to make way for
housing.
The road leading to The Ship in Darenth.
It hopes to convert the upper floor into two one-bedroom flats and
build two five-bed houses and one three-bed bungalow, all with
basement space.
Two car parking spaces for each property, one for each flat with
another for visitors and two for the pub, have also been added into
the plans.
According to the planning documents, the applicant believes the
development is "entirely acceptable given the retention of the
community building and its re-use at the ground floor."
It added: "It also proposes a better use of the upper floors and
offers a more viable alternative...by comparison to the re-use of
the vast poorly designed extensions and outbuildings that currently
exist.
"It is considered that the benefits of partially re-developing this
site vastly outweigh the dis-benefits, of which the applicant says
there are none."
The Dartford-based company has applied for "an infill" development
as it hopes to make better use of the land.
The Ship has been shut since 2019.
If approved, it intends to reopen the pub on the ground floor with a
new terrace area to serve drinks, light snacks and sandwiches.
It will also allow the space to be hired out to the community but
not for entertainment purposes.
A decision is expected on the planning application by Tuesday, March
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