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Written by Conor Shilling

London and Home Counties house builder Weston Homes has announced that it has acquired the 7.59 acre Mill Ponds site in Dartford, and will transform it into a £80 million mixed-use ‘Garden Village’. 
 
Weston Homes defines a Garden Village as a 21st century take on the garden suburb. The new development will provide 400 homes, made up of one and two bedroom apartments and two and three bedroom houses.
 
The build programme is scheduled to last three years and once complete it will feature a large village pond and local high street providing 28,567 sqft of retail/commercial space complete with 268,990 sqft of residential accommodation, the house builder has said. 
 
The Mill Ponds site was once occupied by the Pheonix Paper Mill, built in 1852, with the large mill pond created to help power the facility. This was replaced in 1889 by the Wellcome Pharmaceutical Factory. 
 
In 2008 the factory was wound down and eventually closed by its then owners GlaxoSmithKline. Plans to remediate and regenerate the former factory’s brownfield land Mill Ponds and neighbouring Northern Gateway sites begun in 2010, with a plan created for the entire 33 acre facility devised by masterplanner Delancey. 
 
Commenting on his firm’s acquisition, Bob Weston, Chairman & Managing Director of Weston Homes, said: “Our new £80 million garden village will transform surplus industrial land and bring it back to use as high quality residential housing and commercial premises.” 
 
“The Mill Pond and river setting will provide attractive waterfeatures for the adjoining homes and the leafy garden suburb inspired design will create a highly attractive place to live. It will be ideal for families and executives wanting a home within the M25 providing easy commuting into central London.”
 
The acquisition of the Mill Ponds site is part of Weston Homes ongoing £1 billion expansion programme which is set to double the size of the company over the next 4-5 years. 
 
Construction will begin on site in summer 2015, with anticipated first occupations and build completion in autumn 2016. 
 

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