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VENUE FACILITIES FOR HIRE

Waller Park Pavilion booking enquiries:  M: 07958 660071 E: [email protected]

Darenth Village Hall booking enquiries:  07958 660064  E: [email protected]

Darenth Parish Council is pleased to offer venue and associated facilities for hire at Waller Park Pavilion, Wood Lane, DA2 7LR and Darenth Hall, Ladywood Road, DA2 7LL.

PRIMARY CONTACTS:

Dartford Borough Council is responsible for - Environmental Health; Planning; Leisure and Recreation; Local Taxation Collection; Planning Applications; Fly-tipping and Waste Collection.

The Dartford Borough Member for Darenth is Councillor Paul Denman who can be contacted by email at: [email protected] or by phone on: 07404 031079.

Kent County Council is responsible for - Education; Highways; Libraries; Passenger Transport; Social Care; Strategic Planning; Transport Planning and Waste Disposal.

Darenth falls within the Dartford Rural Ward of Kent County Council for which the Member is Jeremy Kite ([email protected]).

The Community Warden for Darenth is Joanne Appleton ([email protected]). Jacqueline.Fuller is the Dartford/Gravesham Team Leader for the Kent Community Warden Service for Growth, Environment & Transport. Office contact: 03000 413392 and Mobile telephone: 07813 713036. Email: [email protected]

Kent Police - AWAITING NEW BEAT OFFICER DETAILS. Non-emergency crimes can be reported by calling 101. To report a crime in progress, please call 999. If deaf or speech impaired, text ‘police’ and your message to 60066.

Annual Council Meeting 2025

The Annual Council Meeting will be held on Wednesday 21 May 2025, 7.15pm at Waller Park Pavilion, Wood Lane, Darenth DA2 7LR.

At the Annual Council Meeting held on Wednesday 15 May 2024, Councillor Nick Weavis was elected as Chairman and Councillor Sue Homes as Vice-Chairman for the ensuing year.

Darenth Ward Councillors:

The Parish Council has nine Councillors representing three Wards: Lane End with six Members; Darenth Valley with two and Green Street Green with one Member.

Lane End Ward

Ian Douglas Armitt, Local Conservatives - [email protected]

Keith Holmes, Local Conservatives

Sue Holmes (Vice-Chairman), Local Conservatives

Gail Manuel

Tony Prentice, Independent - [email protected]

Kelly Webb, Independent - [email protected]

Darenth Valley Ward

David Eric Risely, Local Conservatives - [email protected]

Nick Weavis (Chairman), Local Conservatives - [email protected]

Green Street Green Ward

Tom Hicks (Portfolio Member for Public Realm), Local Conservatives - [email protected]

NB: Personal social media posts by individual Parish Councillors DO NOT REPRESENT THE VIEW OF THE PARISH COUNCIL

The Parish Council is responsible for - Community Liaison; Council Hall Facilities and Village Greens.

Please contact the Parish office by email: [email protected]. Office operating hours are: Mon/Tues/Weds - 9am to 3pm. Thurs - 9am to 1pm. Fri and Bank Holidays - CLOSED. Follow us on Facebook - search Darenth Parish Council.