Understanding planning · 13 min read
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864 approved · 16 refused · 80 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Castle Hill Central Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 25 May 2017Castle Hill Central Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 25 May 2017Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 25 May 2017Eastern Quarry Castle Hill Phase 3A Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 30 May 2017Eastern Quarry Wastewater Treatment Works Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 27 Apr 2017Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 7 Jun 2017Eastgate 141 Springhead Parkway Northfleet Gravesend DA11 8AD
Received 8 Jun 2017Part Phase 2 Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 14 Jun 2017Primary School & Community Centre Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 23 Jun 2017Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 23 Jun 2017Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 28 Jun 2017Castle Hill Central Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 28 Jun 201725 - 41 (odd) Wellesley Corner Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8FL
Received 29 Jun 2017Land West Of Springhead Road Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 30 Jun 201752 Springhead Parkway Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8BF
Received 7 Jul 2017Northfleet Embankment East Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 11 Jul 2017Land At Former Northfleet Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 17 Jul 2017Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 17 Jul 2017Land West Of Springhead Road (Springhead Park) Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 20 Jul 2017Springhead Bridge Link Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8FJ
Received 20 Jul 2017Springhead Bridge Link Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8FJ
Received 20 Jul 2017Tarmac The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 24 Jul 2017Castle Hill Central Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 27 Jul 2017Springhead Bridge Link Springhead Road Northfleet Kent
Received 1 Aug 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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