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From the
https://www.kentonline.co.uk By Millie Bowles, 24 May 2023.
Site of former Dane Valley Arms pub in Margate to be transformed into
council housing development.
The “eyesore” site of a former pub is set to be transformed into a
council housing development.
Plans have been unveiled to build four family homes and a block of 13
flats on land at the former Dane Valley Arms in Margate.
The former Dane Valley Arms site has been earmarked for four homes and a
flat block.
Thanet District Council (TDC) has also launched a separate bid for 12
houses in nearby Tomlin Drive.
The public is now being asked for its views on both developments.
The first would involve the regeneration of the old pub site in Dane
Valley Road, which has been plagued by graffiti, vandalism and arson.
The land was once home to the Dane Valley Arms, which was demolished in
2016 due to its unsafe condition.
Planning documents state: “This council-owned site has been identified
for redevelopment to provide additional affordable housing.
“The redevelopment aims to regenerate the current area, adding to and
enhancing the sustainable and cohesive community.
“Our end goal is to create a development that we can all be proud of and
that enhances the site for new and existing residents equally.”
The former pub site was earmarked for housing in TDC’s 2020 Local Plan,
but the land in Tomlin Drive was not.
The land is already occupied by seven apartment blocks, and the council
hopes to build 12 new family houses among them.
It wants to develop an existing parking area and land once occupied by
garages before they were knocked down due to contamination.
Thanet District Council plan to build 12 homes in Tomlin Drive in Margate.
A new survey is “likely needed to ensure there is no asbestos in the
ground”.
TDC says: “There will also be improved landscaping and the creation of a
communal garden area for the new build and existing Thanet District
Council blocks at the site.
“We aim to regenerate the current site, improve the parking and
landscaping, and enhance the area for existing residents.”
The old Dane Valley Arms pub site in Margate. Public consultations on both developments are taking place today from
5.30pm to 7.30pm at 115 Millmead Rd in Margate. |
