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Planning application documents: what to read first
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Land through the chalk spine under the B255 Bean Road, Bluewater Shopping Centre and Eastern Quarry, Dartford, Greenhithe, Kent DA9 9ST
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Land through the chalk spine under the B255 Bean Road, Bluewater Shopping Centre and Eastern Quarry, Dartford, Greenhithe, Kent DA9 9ST
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New tunnel and associated road works for bus, cycling and pedestrian access to the east of Bluewater Shopping Centre, to link the Eastern Quarry, being developed as part of Ebbsfleet Garden City, and Bluewater shopping centre through a chalk spine which separates the two former quarries
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| Technical Note - Drainage Statement.pdfApplication Documents | 14 Nov 2024 | View |
| Fastrack Tunnel Approach Culvert Results Rev A.pdfApplication Documents | 14 Nov 2024 | View |
| Fastrack Tunnel Approach Culvert Results Rev A 100+40%.pdfApplication Documents | 14 Nov 2024 | View |
| Appendix 3 - Outdoor Lighting Report - Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 2 Oct 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-RP-HI-0101-P01 Bean Tunnel Departures Report.pdfApplication Documents | 9 Sept 2024 | View |
| Bean Tunnel Planning Document & Drawing Schedule.pdfApplication Documents | 9 Sept 2024 | View |
| Air Quality Assessment Jacobs.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Bat Survey Report-Combined.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Annex - Special Conditions to Bat Individual Mitigation License.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Work Schedule for Bat Annexed License.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Construction Dust Assessment Arcadis 2024 - Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Bean Tunnel Works Programme - Condition 15 Programme abstract.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Balfour Beatty UK Emergency Preparedness Plan Temporary Sheet Piling-Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Balfour Beatty UK Emergency Preparedness Plan-Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Bean Tunnel BNG Assessment-Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Biodiversity Metric Calculation.xlsxApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Bean Tunnel Ecological Impact Assessment-Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Bean Tunnel Ecological Method Statement for Vegetation Clearance-Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-SH-LS-3000-P03 - Written Landscape Specification.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Ashmere Western boundary.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Survey Summary Report for Lighting.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-RA-LI-0001 S3-P01 - Lighting Units Feeder Pillars and Associated Ducting Design and Risk Assessment.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-RP-HI-0011-P02 - Bean Tunnel Visualisations.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-RP-LI-1301-P01 - Lighting Design AIP.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-RP-LI-1302-P02 - Lighting Design Report.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Appendix 1 - BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-CA-LI-1301-S3-P04 Lighting Report.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Appendix 1 - BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-CA-LI-1302-S3-P02 Functional and Feature Lighting.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-RP-LI-1303 S3-P01 - Light Spill Report.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-TN-LI-1302-P01- Light Spill Analysis Report.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Lux Survey Method Statement-Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-SP-LI-1300-P04 - Specifications Appendices - Road Lighting Columns and Brackets CCTV Masts and Cantiliver Masts.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-SP-DD-0500-P02 - Specification Appendices -Drainage and Service Ducts.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-SP-LI-1400-P02 - Specification Appendices- Electrical Work for Road Lighting and Traffic Signs.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-SH-DD-0500-P02 - Specification Appendices -Drainage Schedule.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-TN-DD-0501-P01 - Drainage Design Summary Statement.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-TN-UT-0001-P01 - Technical Note of the Assessment of Pipe Strains due to Ground Settlement.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TW-XX-ZZ-LET-PM-0001 - Letter from Thames Water-Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| CRXC0062-BBMP-00-XX-TN-W-0001-P01-Technical Note on Ground Settlement Adjacent to Proposed Cofferdam Excavation – Bluewater Parkway.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Existing Tunnel Sketch.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Fastrack Tunnel Approach Culvert Schedules.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| HSES-TF-0011h - Silent Piler Outline Method Statement.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Transmittal Documents to support the discharge of Condition 6 - 00100-Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Water Management Plan.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| X2039 1405 202110.07 Letter from Thames Water no further comments-Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| X2039 1405 20220303 Draft Letter from Thames Water no further comments-Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| X2039 1405 20220325 Final Letter from Thames Water no further comments-Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Blue Water Full Input Data And Results.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Photograph.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Planning Design and Access Statement-Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| Application Form - Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 13 Aug 2024 | View |
| Agents Covering Letter-Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| 1551-DFL-ELG-XX-RP-EO13001-S3-P01 Lighting Technical Note-Redacted.pdfApplication Documents | 11 Dec 2024 | View |
| Arcadis Bean Tunnel Responses Ecology - Memo.pdfApplication Documents | 11 Dec 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-SK-HI-0007-P04 - Planning Condition 11 - Bat Grilles Conceptional Arrangment.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-LS-3007-P01 - Proposed Landscape Bluewater West - Lake 4 Site Plan.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B18075-215-P1 Fastrack Tunnel Approach Drainage Layout.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0017- P07-Reference Design Existing Utilities.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0007-P05-Reference Design Traffic Signs and Road Markings Sheet 2 of 2.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B18075-FT-101-P6 Fastrack S38 General Arrangement Sheet 1.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B18075-217-P1 Fastrack Tunnel Approach North West Swale General Arrangement.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B18075-FT-501 P4 Fastrack S38 Drainage Layout Sheet 1.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-TS-1252 0.9 Highways Traffic Signal Ducts Plan Layout.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 3 Dec 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-TS-1251 0.3 Highways Traffic Signal Plan Layout.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 3 Dec 2024 | View |
| B10875 216 P2 Fastrack Tunnel Approach Culvert Details.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 14 Nov 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-HI-1201 C01 Highways Traffic Signs and Road Markings Plan Layout.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 11 Sept 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-HI-1101 C01 Highways Kerbs and Footway Plan Layout.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 11 Sept 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-HI-0142 C01 Highways Alignment Visibility Spalys.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 11 Sept 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-HI-0301-C01 Highways Fencing Plan Layout.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 9 Sept 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-RP-HS-0104-P02 Road Safety Audit Stage 2 - Designer Response Report.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 9 Sept 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-RP-HS-0104-P02 Road Safety Audit Stage 2 - Designer Response Report - Redacted.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 9 Sept 2024 | View |
| Figure 2 - Bean Postconstruction BNG Final.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 14 Aug 2024 | View |
| Figure 1 - Bean Baseline BNG Final.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 14 Aug 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0011 P06 Traffic Signals General Arrangement.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 13 Aug 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0008 P05 Design Drainage Plan.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 13 Aug 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0001 P06 Site Location Plan.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 13 Aug 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0006 P06 Reference Design Traffic Signs and Markings Sheet 01 of 02.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 13 Aug 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0013 P04 Reference Design Kerbing and Pavement Sheet 01 of 02.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 13 Aug 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-LS-3002 P01 Proposed Offsite BNG Areas Wider Context Plan.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 13 Aug 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0005-P05- Reference Design Site Clearance Sheet 2 of 2.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0004-P05- Reference Design Site Clearance Sheet 1 of 2.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0003-P04 - Reference Design Sections and Longitudinal Profiles.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0008-P04- Reference Design Drainage Plan-CONB.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0014- P04 - Reference Design Kerbing Pavement and Fencing Sheet 2 of 2.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0014-P03-Reference Design Kerbing Pavement and Fencing Sheet 2 of 2.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-TUN-0015-P06-Proposed Tunnel Construction Sequence.PDFApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-TU-DR-TU-7100-P04 - Tunnels General Arrangement Plan and Longitudinal Sections 1 of 1.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-TU-DR-TU-7101-P04 - Tunnels General Arrangements Cross-Sections 1 of 1.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-TU-DR-TU-7401-P02 - Tunnels Instrumentation and Monitoring Bean Road 1 of 1.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-TU-RP-TU-7001-P06 - Bean Tunnel Ground Movement Analysis and Engineering Impact Assessment.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-HI-0143 P03 - Highways Alignment Swept Path 2 of 2.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-HI-0141-P05 - Highways Alignment Swept Path 1 of 2.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-HI-1102-P03 - Highways Kerbs and Footways Plan Layout 2 of 2.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-HI-1101-P05 - Highways Kerbs and Footways Plan Layout 1 of 2.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-HI-1111-P03 - Highways Kerbs and Footway Details 1 of 1.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-HI-0502-P01 - Highways Drainage Plan Layout 2 of 2.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-HI-0501-P03 - Highways Drainage Plan Layout 1 of 2.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-HI-0510-P01 - Highways Drainage Existing Network 1 of 1.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-HI-0511-P02 - Highways Drainage Details.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-HI-0512-P02 - Highways Drainage Reed Bed Details.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0009-P04-Lighting Design issued for info only - not suitable for construction 1 of 2.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-LI-1301-P05 - Lighting and Duct Layout.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0010-P02-Lighting Design issued for info only - not suitable for construction 2 of 2.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-LI-1302-P05 - Lighting and Duct Layout.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-LI-1303-P03 - Feature Lighting Installation Layout.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-LI-1401-P02 - Electrical Schematic Tunnel.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-LI-1403-P01- Electrical Schematic Feeder Pillar 2.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0012 Landscaping plan.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-LS-3004-P01 - Proposed Landscape Plan - Bluewater West part-2.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-LS-3004-P01 - Proposed Landscape Bluewater West Plan.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-LS-3005-P01 - Proposed Landscape Plan Bean Road Tunnel.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-LS-3006-P0 - Proposed Landscape Site Plan.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-SP-DR-3004-part-3-P01 - Proposed Landscape Plan Site.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-GEO-0016 P06 - Cliff Face Elevations.PDFApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-SK-HI-0006-P01 - Planning Condition 10 -Toucan Crossing Key Dimensions.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| KCC HTW 1100 019 Rev 0 Vehicle Crossing.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| KCC-HTW-400-002 Rev 0 Pedestrian Guardrail Vehicle Bar Infill.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| KCC-HTW-700-001 Rev 0 Interface with Existing Pavement Construction Longitudinal and Transverse Detail.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| KCC-HTW-700-002 Rev 0 Permanent Reinstatement Bituminous Carriageways.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| KCC-HTW-1100-001 Rev 0 Precast Concrete Kerb Quadrant Channel and Edging.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| KCC-HTW-1100-005 Pedestrian Ramps.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| BRT-TG-XX-ZZ-DR-LS-3003-P01 - Proposed Landscape Site Location Plan.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 15 Jul 2024 | View |
| B2350500-JAC-DRG-HA-0002_P08 General Arrangement Plan.pdfApplication Plans & Drawings | 11 Dec 2024 | View |
| KCC DA 0108 2024 Screening Decision.pdfDecision | 14 Aug 2024 | View |
| DA 24 985 Decision Notice.pdfDecision | 6 Mar 2025 | View |
| site notice displayed 5 Sept 24.pdfPublicity | 6 Sept 2024 | View |
| Advert - Published.pdfPublicity | 5 Sept 2024 | View |
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