The design of spread foundations is covered in Section 6 of Eurocode 7.
"The limit states to be checked and the partial factors to be used in the design are the same as for the design of retaining walls..." (Section 7.4.2)
Resources for shallow foundations (Section 8.7):
The complete Chapter 8
Addendum: Example 8.6b
Bearing capacity factors (Table 8.1)
Spreadsheet of partial factor sets
Examples 8.3 and 8.4
Example 8.5 *
Example 8.6 *
Exercises: Ex 8.5, Ex 8.6 *
* Click "No" or "Don't update" if prompted by dialogue box. These spreadsheets should really be saved locally (right click on link) in the same folder as the partial factors spreadsheet for correct operation.
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