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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Special planning authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Ebbsfleet Development Corporation. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
864 approved · 16 refused · 80 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Mar 2009 to 21 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Fastrack Area Within Castle Hill Central Area Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 23 Mar 2017Church Path Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 17 Mar 2017Unit K Springhead Enterprise Park Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 17 Mar 2017Former Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 28 Mar 2017Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 28 Mar 2017Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 23 Mar 2017Land West Of Springhead Road (Phase 2B) Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 30 Mar 2017Land West Of Springhead Road (Phase 2A) Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 3 Apr 2017Alkerden Farm Alkerden Lane Swanscombe Kent DA9 9LR
Received 5 Apr 2017Old Service Station Watling Street Bean Kent DA2 8AH
Received 7 Apr 2017Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 31 Mar 2017Land West Of Springhead Road (Phase 2A) Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 18 Apr 2017Land West Of Springhead Road (Phase 1) Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 18 Apr 2017Plot B 'The Triangle' Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 26 Apr 2017Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 5 May 2017Land West Of Springhead Road (Springhead Park) Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 5 May 2017The Spring River Lodge Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 5 May 2017Stema Shipping Uk Ltd Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AA
Received 26 Apr 2017Castle Hill Central -Phase 5 Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 11 May 2017Land West Of Springhead Road (Springhead Park) Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 12 May 2017Castle Hill Neighbourhood Area Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 17 May 20179 Ekman Close Weldon Ebbsfleet Valley Kent DA10 1AR
Received 17 May 2017Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 3 May 2017Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 25 May 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Ebbsfleet Development Corporation, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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