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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864 approved · 16 refused · 80 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Parcel L - Land At Parcel 5 Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 17 Dec 2018Alkerden Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 20 Dec 2018Ashmere (Western Village) Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 20 Dec 2018Land West Of Springhead Road (Springhead Park) Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 21 Dec 2018Land At Former Northfleet Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 3 Jan 2019Castle Hill Commercial Centre Cherry Orchard Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 18 Dec 2018Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 10 Jan 2019Parcel L - Land At Parcel 5 Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 3 Jan 2019Western And Central Village Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 11 Jan 2019Site I - Land At Parcel 5 Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 3 Jan 2019Yard C5 Manor Way Business Park Manor Way Swanscombe Kent
Received 16 Jan 2019Phase 3A Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 17 Jan 2019Land West Of Springhead Road (Springhead Park) Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 21 Jan 2019Castle Hill Local Centre Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 22 Jan 2019Castle Hill Local Centre Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 22 Jan 2019Castle Hill Local Centre Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 22 Jan 2019Former Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 24 Jan 2019Former Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 24 Jan 2019Eastern Quarry Wastewater Treatment Works Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 28 Jan 2019Land At Former Northfleet Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 1 Feb 2019Land At Former Northfleet Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 1 Feb 2019The Observatory Castle Hill Drive Castle Hill Ebbsfleet Valley Kent DA10 1EE
Received 4 Feb 2019Castle Hill Commercial Centre Cherry Orchard Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 29 Jan 2019Phase 3A Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 8 Feb 2019Records 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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