A decision is set to be taken on whether to fund plans to replace a derelict department store plot with a “car-free village” and multiscreen cinema. Dartford council is set to decide whether proposals put forward to transform the empty Co-op building, between Spital Street and Hythe Street in Dartford, should be given further funding. The mixed-use housing regeneration project has been put forward by a council-appointed project team to be led by award-winning architecture firm Peter Barber. Together they want to create a revitalised vision for the plot which includes the building of 24 houses …
