Controversial plans to squeeze more flats with “small and cramped bedrooms” on the site of demolished pub have been refused. Revised proposals to erect a ground floor café and new homes on land previously occupied by the former Wheatsheaf pub in Swanscombe High Street were slammed by Dartford council. The decision comes after developers submitted a new planning application in June for almost twice the number of properties it had first suggested. The plans were accused of offering “small and cramped bedrooms” as well as a lack of private amenity space for six out of the 12 flats. The original p…
