Manor Way Business Park Manor Way Swanscombe Kent Data via plota.co.uk

26/00779/EDCCON - Consultation by EDC to DBC Awaiting decision

Proposal

Re-consultation on full planning application for the phased demolition of existing buildings and the erection of flexible B2/B8/E(g)(ii)/E(g)(iii) units, with new accesses, internal roads, parking, drainage, landscaping and associated works (Manor Way Business Park, within Ebbsfleet Development Corporation… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
7 Jul 2026
Consultation
9 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 28 Jul 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 14 Sept 2026; it is now day 69. The consultation period closed on 30 Jul 2026.

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Article 4 direction
HMO Article 4(1) Direction North Order 2025. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
SSSI 85 m away: Swanscombe Peninsula SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Swanscombe built-up area; Air quality management area 48 m away: Dartford AQMA No.2.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Dartford
Application type
Consultation by EDC to DBC
Received
7 Jul 2026
Validated
7 Jul 2026
Ward
Greenhithe & Knockhall
Parish
Swanscombe And Greenhithe
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Decision outlook

Day 69, past the statutory target. 92% of commercial and major works in Dartford are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 6 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 12 Sept 2026.

Day 6913 days past the 56-day target
64%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
30decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Dartford in the last twelve months, from validation. Dartford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 12 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
9 Jul 2026
Comments by
30 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Dartford
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#146 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Dartford is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #92 out of 296. Dartford is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 80% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 80% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Dartford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
79%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #264 of 296
80%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #278 of 296
73%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #92 of 296
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #74 of 296
61%
Minor dwellings approved
46 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
2 decided (10+ homes)
68%
Change of use approved
25 decided
595
Total decisions
126 refused in the year to March 2026