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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Little Court Sandown Road Sandwich CT13 9NT
Received 27 Mar 202564A Archers Court Road Whitfield CT16 3HU
Received 27 Mar 2025National Westminster Bank Plc 31 High Street Deal CT14 6EW
Received 27 Mar 2025National Westminster Bank Plc 31 High Street Deal CT14 6ET
Received 27 Mar 2025Grange House 15 Grange Road Deal CT14 9TS
Received 27 Mar 2025Former Boatyard 48 - 50 Strand Street Sandwich CT13 9EX
Received 27 Mar 2025Building Known As The Chapel Rose Hill West Langdon CT15 5HQ
Received 27 Mar 2025Touchwood Hawksdown Walmer Deal Kent CT14 7PN
Received 27 Mar 2025The Beacon Project Bench Street Dover Kent
Received 28 Mar 202519 Manor Road Deal CT14 9BT
Received 28 Mar 202519 Manor Road Deal CT14 9BT
Received 28 Mar 20256 Jarvist Place Kingsdown CT14 8AL
Received 28 Mar 2025181 Dover Road Walmer CT14 7NB
Received 28 Mar 2025Land Between Nos 107 And 127 Capel Street Capel Le Ferne Kent
Received 28 Mar 2025Flat 2 63 Victoria Road Deal CT14 7AY
Received 27 Mar 2025Land Adjacent To Fitzwalters Meadow Boyes Lane Goodnestone CT3 1FB
Received 28 Mar 2025Land At Staple Farm Durlock Road Staple Kent
Received 28 Mar 202524 Mill Field Ash CT3 2BD
Received 28 Mar 2025115 Heathfield Avenue Dover CT16 2PD
Received 29 Mar 2025St Georges House St Georges Place St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6HU
Received 29 Mar 2025Upper Goldstone Farm Cop Street Road Ash Kent
Received 31 Mar 2025Land To The Rear Of Ashurst 162 Mongeham Road Great Mongeham CT14 9LL
Received 31 Mar 202519 Clarendon Road Aylesham CT3 3AQ
Received 31 Mar 20258 North Road Kingsdown CT14 8AG
Received 31 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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