Dartford Gateway was a 33 acre residential development site in Dartford Town Centre, and included within the Council’s emerging Core Strategy, was acquired in April 2010.

• The scheme originally comprised the Northern Gateway East and Mill Pond sites, which formed the major part of the strategic “Northern Gateway” development secured planning consent for between 950 and 1,050 new homes in December 2012.
   
• The 8-acre Mill Pond site was sold off in March 2016 to Ward Homes (a subsidiary of Barratts) to build 400 residential units and 28,500 sq ft of commercial space.
   
• In September 2013, a development agreement was put in place with Barratt Development PLC on the remainder of the site, known as Phoenix Quarter, for the construction of 636 homes. In final homes were completed in August 2019.