Children are without a play area for a second successive summer despite persistent pleas for it be repaired and reopened. The equipment in Baker Crescent inDartford was fenced off by developer Crest Nicholson in April last year. Residents say their park has been left to deteriorate since the housing was built almost 20 years ago. Their efforts to get it renovated and reopened have been met with a wall of silence from the developer, they add. They have vowed to continue fighting and want Dartford council to hold Crest Nicholson to account as they believe it has a duty to provide the facility as…