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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Four Winds Collingwood Road St Margarets At Cliffe Dover Kent CT15 6EX
Received 24 Feb 202513 Clanwilliam Road Deal CT14 7BX
Received 24 Feb 2025Land North East And South East Of The Lane Guston Kent
Received 24 Feb 20259 Stanhope Road Deal CT14 6AB
Received 24 Feb 2025Land Forming Part Of Sandfield Farm Northwall Road Deal CT14 6PP
Received 24 Feb 202531 Douglas Road Deal CT14 9HT
Received 24 Feb 20257 Colliery Lane Woodnesborough CT13 0FS
Received 24 Feb 2025Sunny Bank Alkham Valley Road Alkham Dover Kent CT15 7BX
Received 25 Feb 2025St Radigunds Abbey Farm Abbey Road Dover CT15 7DL
Received 25 Feb 2025St Radigunds Abbey Farm Abbey Road CT15 7DL
Received 25 Feb 2025Whitefriars 34 New Street Sandwich Kent CT13 9AB
Received 25 Feb 20253 Norfolk Towers Way Guston CT15 5FQ
Received 25 Feb 2025Great Weddington Weddington Lane Ash CT3 2AR
Received 26 Feb 2025White Mills Wake And Aqua Park Ash Road Sandwich CT13 9JB
Received 26 Feb 2025Petite Pleasaunce 118 Wellington Parade Kingsdown CT14 8AF
Received 26 Feb 2025Woodstock Hull Place Sholden CT14 0AQ
Received 26 Feb 202591 High Street Wingham Canterbury CT3 1DE
Received 27 Feb 2025Outside St Marys Roman Catholic Primary School St Richards Road Deal Kent CT14 9LF
Received 27 Feb 2025Pumping Station Fleming Road Woodnesborough Kent
Received 27 Feb 2025Long Lane Stables Long Lane Shepherdswell CT15 7LX
Received 27 Feb 2025Long Lane Stables Long Lane Shepherdswell CT15 7LX
Received 27 Feb 2025Long Lane Stables Long Lane Shepherdswell Dover CT15 7LX
Received 27 Feb 20257 Woodland Way Woodnesborough CT13 0NG
Received 27 Feb 2025St Margarets Village Hall Reach Road St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6AE
Received 27 Feb 2025Records 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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