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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 · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Dover District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Nov 2022 to 28 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 30 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Phase 1 Whitfield Urban Expansion Archers Court Road Whitfield Kent
Received 21 Nov 202247-51 London Road Deal CT14 9TF
Received 28 Feb 2023Land Off The Street East Langdon CT15 5JF
Received 9 Mar 2023The Paddock Ferne Lane Ewell Minnis CT15 7FF
Received 18 Apr 202323 Kingston Close River Dover CT17 0NQ
Received 4 Jul 2023Land South West Of Fieldings Stoneheap Road East Studdal Kent
Received 27 Sept 2023Broadlees Car Park Upper Road Guston CT16 1HU
Received 7 Dec 2023Land Rear Of 10 To 22 Malvern Meadow Temple Ewell CT16 3AH
Received 9 Feb 2024Land West Of A256 Whitfield Kent
Received 19 Mar 20241 Good Hope Glack Road Deal Kent CT14 9NE
Received 29 Mar 2024Great Napchester Farm Napchester Road Whitfield CT15 5HD
Received 10 May 2024Upper Goldstone Farmhouse Cop Street Road Ash Canterbury Kent CT3 2DN
Received 15 May 2024Phase II Land South Of Mill Field Ash CT3 2DH
Received 24 Jul 2024Land South Of Mill Field Ash Kent
Received 6 Aug 2024Sherleys Farm Upper Road St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6HY
Received 20 Sept 2024Land Adjacent To Barfestone Farm Barfrestone Road Barrestone CT15 7JJ
Received 27 Sept 202424 Sandwich Road Ash CT3 2AF
Received 18 Oct 2024St Josephs Roman Catholic Primary School Ackholt Road Aylesham Canterbury Kent CT3 3AS
Received 22 Oct 2024Land South Of Mill Field Ash CT3 2BD
Received 23 Oct 2024New House Farm Church Lane Stourmouth CT3 1HS
Received 28 Oct 2024Land At Oak Hill Marshborough Road Woodnesborough CT13 0PE
Received 7 Nov 2024Dover Marina Hotel And Spa Waterloo Crescent Dover Kent CT17 9BP
Received 28 Nov 2024Dover Marina Hotel And Spa Waterloo Crescent Dover Kent CT17 9BP
Received 28 Nov 2024Dover Marina Hotel And Spa Waterloo Crescent Dover Kent CT17 9BP
Received 28 Nov 2024Records 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 Dover District Council, 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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