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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864 approved · 16 refused · 80 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Southfleet Road Improvements Eastern Quarry
Received 4 Oct 2013Northern Access Road (Main Street North) Eastern Quarry
Received 4 Oct 2013Ward Homes New Housing Footprint Eastern Quarry
Received 4 Oct 2013Eastern Quarry (Castle Hill),, Landscaping Associated With The North-East Local Park And Northern Access Road
Received 4 Oct 2013Eastern Quarry (Castle Hill), Landform, Groundwork And Drainage (North-East Local Park And Northern Road
Received 4 Oct 2013Swanscombe Marshes Green Manorway Northfleet Kent
Received 21 Oct 20132-18 Bonham Way Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8FB
Received 31 Oct 2013Community Centre And Place Of Worship Springhead Parkway Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 4 Nov 20131A, 1B, 1C Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HL
Received 14 Nov 2013Land At Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 18 Nov 2013Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 18 Nov 2013Castle Hill Phase 1 Eastern Quarry Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0DF
Received 25 Nov 2013Management Centre (The Observatory) Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0DF
Received 9 Dec 2013Northfleet West Grid Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 16 Dec 2013Reservoir North Of Lower Road Northfleet Kent
Received 23 Dec 2013Vineyard Pit Huntley Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 31 Jan 2014Barney Sands Units P1 - P4 Northfleet Industrial Estate Lower Road Northfleet Kent DA11 9SN
Received 11 Feb 2014Northfleet Railway Sidings Land Between Thames Way And Northfleet Railway Station Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9DY
Received 14 Feb 2014Rear Of 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 17 Feb 2014Northfleet West Grid Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 7 Mar 2014Stema Shipping Uk Ltd. Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 29 Apr 2014Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 6 May 2014Northfleet Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 12 May 2014Eastern Quarry Phase 1 Castle Hill Village
Received 19 May 2014Records 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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