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WelcomeImplementation to Framework EbbsfleetSummary 2017 Ebbsfleet Development Corporation 1 Ebbsfleet Implementation Framework Summary Contents Welcome to Ebbsfleet, a Garden City for the 21st Century Welcome to Ebbsfleet Welcome to Ebbsfleet 2 Sitting on the banks of the Thames, only 17 minutes from Kings Ebbsfleet’s connections 4 Cross / St Pancras, Ebbsfleet is being planned to grow out of the A rich landscape 6 chalk quarries and industrial heritage of northern Kent to become a Ebbsfleet in 2035 healthy, happy new place to invest, live, work and play within. A 21st Century Garden City 8 Ebbsfleet is sponsored by been developed together with the and other stakeholders, investing Government to become a ‘Garden city’s developers, local authorities, public money to implement the Ebbsfleet Central 12 City’ to add ambition, quality and pace and local people to create a shared framework, increasing the pace, to planned development between vision for Ebbsfleet. quality and ambition of planned Northfleet Riverside 14 Dartford and Gravesend. developments, and securing the It assimilates their experience and Eastern Quarry 16 best possible returns for the local The Garden City benchmark is a current ambitions, as well as the community and national tax payer. commitment to build on the legacy of existing planning permissions, to Swanscombe Peninsula 18 Ebenezer Howard’s original Garden provide a shared spatial framework Cities at Welwyn and Letchworth, for delivering a 21st Century The role of the Spatial Framework and create a place founded on quality Garden City Implementation Framework place-making, community building This summary document provides Delivering Ebbsfleet 20 and sustainability, making long term The Framework supports the needs of the existing communities an overview of Ebbsfleet’s arrangements for the care of public Implementation Framework. Homes and neighbourhoods 22 spaces and assets drawing upon a in neighbouring towns, as well as future residents, by planning Local centres 24 fair share of land values. The full version of the Implementation for investment in critical transport Framework can be downloaded Unlike the original Garden Cities projects such as the A2 junction Transport 26 from the Ebbsfleet Development and new towns, Ebbsfleet Central is upgrades, and important community Corporation website. Landscape 28 being built upon previously developed infrastructure such as local schools industrial land, most of which has and health facilities. EDC will use the Framework to inform, Civic communities 30 outline planning permissions in place shape and supports its delivery work. already. The Ebbsfleet Development It is positioned as a statement of Utilities and Services 32 Corporation (EDC) is an active ambition, and not a statutory plan. The Implementation Framework has partner to landowners , developers 15,000 new A new A ‘Healthy homes commercial new town’ Including up to12,842 Pioneering new approaches within the Ebbsfleet urban centre to delivering healthcare, more regeneration area. Providing up to 32,000 new engaged communities and local jobs for residents. healthier lifestyles. 2 Central Canary Queen Elizabeth II London Wharf Bridge / M25 A regional World class A garden grid transport hub travel networks of parks A major new interchange for the A step-change for Fastrack, A beautiful network of parks and south-east, integrating regional re- developing it as a world class open spaces connected by green and international road and rail rapid transit system for north corridors to promote active and links with the Fastrack system, Kent. healthy lifestyles. and local walking and cycling networks. 3 Ebbsfleet Implementation Framework Summary A major new interchange and Ebbsfleet Urban Regeneration Area Ebbsfleet Impact Area commercial hub... y This is the statutory designated area y Investment in infrastructure and in which Ebbsfleet Development placemaking for Ebbsfleet will Corporation determines planning have an impact on a much larger applications. However, plan-making area beyond the statutory redline boundary. The impact area illustrates Ebbsfleet is already an international transport hub remains the responsibility of Dartford and Gravesham Borough Councils, this area of influence, and EDC will for the southeast, and a growth point for the wider and Kent County Council. work to ensure benefits will flow into the neighbouring communities Thames gateway. of Greenhithe, Swanscombe, Bean, Southfleet, Northfleet and Gravesend Centre. Only 17 minutes from Kings Cross and central London, and two hours to Paris and Brussels, Ebbsfleet is very well placed to link Europe with the City of London, and connect Kent to opportunities in both locations. The site connects national road and rail networks, linking Eurostar, Highspeed 1 and regional rail services with the THAMES ESTUARY GROWTH AREA M25, M20 and M2. St Pancras Stratford LOWER THAMES Locally, the existing Fastrack rapid bus CROSSING: OPTION C system provides a good foundation to GRAYS London build a world class public transport TILBURY service, connecting the local town Heathrow City centres of Dartford and Gravesend, and the Bluewater regional shopping Gravesend RochesterGillingham Whitstable centre. The Thames also offers Paddington Abbey Wood Margate Broadstairs Canary wharf opportunities to extend Thames Clipper Dartford services into Ebbsfleet, connecting Canary Wharf in under 30 mins, and Ebbsfleet M2 Central London in less than an hour. Canterbury Looking to the future, any future M20 25 extension of Crossrail from Abbey M Wood to Ebbsfleet would provide an exceptional opportunity to further Maidstone capitalise on these connections, and Ashford focus growth eastwards out of London. Ebbsfleet will become a new regional Greater London KENT Dover centre in north Kent, and a catalyst for Eurostar Trains the constellation of growth throughout Folkestone the Thames Estuary. Highspeed trains (HS1) Crossrail (Transport for London) Potential Crossrail extension Motorway Paris 2 Hours 4 Brussels 1h 50mins Lille 1h 12mins NORTH Swanscombe Tilbury Docks Peninsula Greenhithe Swanscombe Greenhithe Northfleet Swanscombe Northfleet < Dartford Ebbsfleet International Gravesend Bluewater Eastern Quarry Perry Street Springhead A2/M2 Motorway Bean 5 Ebbsfleet Implementation Framework Summary Where London meets the Garden of England... The Thames tide flows quickly past Ebbsfleet’s grasslands, quaysides and chalk cliffs, providing a dramatic landscape rich in history. The towns of Northfleet, Swanscombe initiatives, and enabled major mixed and Greenhithe have developed on used planning applications to come the back of medieval ship building, forward. quarrying and riverside industry, and retain strong local identities and These planning permissions for the cultural heritages. larger development sites are based upon flexible parameter plans and Today, the Ebbsfleet area covers maximum capacity calculations, and a network of former quarries and EDC wishes to see this capacity industrial sites criss-crossed by maximised. railways, that sit between the River Thames and the A2/M2 motorway. These outline planning permissions and emerging proposals form the basis The idea of major development at for the Implementation Framework and Ebbsfleet has been in the pipeline for the associated delivery strategy for over 20 years. The choice of Ebbsfleet Ebbsfleet and the wider regeneration for an International railway station in area, and are illustrated on the the 1990s initiated a series of sub- opposite page regional and local planning policy Jan 1996: May 1999: June 2004: Dec 2007: 2007: Oct 2011 May 2014: April 2015: Ebbsfleet Central Bluewater Swanscombe Peninsula Ebbsfleet Intnl Springhead Dartford London Resort Ebbsfleet Garden City Outline Application Shopping Centre Outline permission Station opens for Housing construction Core Strategy NSIP Status EDC Established Submitted opens submitted for mixed-use HS1 rail services Adopted awarded scheme starts on site The story 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 so far... Nov 2002: Oct 2003: Dec 2003: Oct 2007: Dec 2009: Oct 2012: Oct 2014 June 2015: Ebbsfleet Central Springhead Eastern Quarry Eastern Quarry Ebbsfleet Intnl Eastern Quarry Gravesham London Resort Outline Approval Masterplan Outline Application Outline Approval Domestic services Revised Masterplan Core Strategy DCO Statutory Submitted commence Approval Adopted Consultation Approved 6 Major Development Sites : Planning Status Detailed / reserved matters boundary (at August 2015) Outline consent boundary NORTH Site with an allocation in the Local Authority Local Plan but without consent 532 46,000 850 5,000 1,000 Swanscombe Homes Office/Industrial Retail(m2) Hotel(m2) Community(m2) Peninsula Northfleet Embankment West 250 87,550 Croxton Garry BASED ON ALLOCATION Homes Office/Industrial Craylands Lane Northfleet Embankment EastBASED ON ALLOCATION 110 Homes Eastern Quarry Ebbsfleet Central 6,250120,000 26,000 11,000 24,000 50,000 Homes Offices (m2) Retail (m2) Hotel (m2) Leisure (m2) Community (m2) Springhead 3,384 455,000 147,000 21,500 Homes Offices(m2) Leisure (m2) m2) Community m2) Ebbsfleet Green 950 1,259 5,000 1,758 Homes Offices (m2) Hotel (m2) Community (m2) Section 2 Where London meets the Garden of England, on the banks of the River Thames, Ebbsfleet exploits its strategic location to continue the tradition of great place-making in the UK; combining the best of urban and rural living and building on the Ebbsfleet ethos and pioneering spirit