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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
115 Station Road Walmer Deal CT14 9JN
Received 21 Mar 202596 Manor Road Dover Kent CT17 9JZ
Received 21 Mar 2025The Gate House Cottage Sandown Road Sandwich CT13 9NT
Received 21 Mar 2025The Cottage Church Path Great Mongeham Deal CT14 0HH
Received 21 Mar 2025White Mills Wake And Aqua Park Ash Road Sandwich Kent CT13 9JB
Received 22 Mar 2025219 Middle Deal Road Deal CT14 9SW
Received 23 Mar 20252 Valley View Wigmore Lane Eythorne Dover CT15 4AU
Received 23 Mar 202518 Barley Close Martin Mill Dover CT15 5LD
Received 24 Mar 202541 Lenacre Avenue Whitfield CT16 3HH
Received 24 Mar 20251 The Birches Ash Bypass Ash Canterbury Kent CT3 2EQ
Received 21 Mar 202567 Eythorne Road Shepherdswell CT15 7PJ
Received 24 Mar 202563 Minnis Lane River CT17 0PR
Received 24 Mar 2025Junction Of Station Road And Lucerne Lane Martin Mill CT15 5JZ
Received 24 Mar 2025Beach And Beach Hut East Of Boundary Road Wellington Parade Kingsdown Kent
Received 24 Mar 2025115 Heathfield Avenue Dover CT16 2PD
Received 25 Mar 2025Dover Discovery Centre Market Square Dover Kent CT16 1PH
Received 24 Mar 2025Rainbow Cottage The Street East Langdon CT15 5JH
Received 25 Mar 202595 St Davids Avenue Dover CT17 9HN
Received 25 Mar 2025River Garage River Street River CT17 0RB
Received 25 Mar 2025150 Middle Deal Road Deal CT14 9RJ
Received 25 Mar 2025Land South West Of London Road Deal
Received 25 Mar 2025Sub Phase 1C Whitfield Urban Expansion Phase 1 Archers Court Road Whitfield Kent
Received 25 Mar 2025Land South West Of London Road Deal
Received 25 Mar 20251 Greengates Beauxfield Whitfield Dover Kent CT16 3JN
Received 25 Mar 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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