Understanding planning · 13 min read
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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land For Aylesham Village Expansion North Of Dorman Avenue North Aylesham Kent
Received 31 Mar 2025Hollyoak Stable Marshborough Road Marshborough CT13 0PE
Received 31 Mar 2025The Bench 15 Bench Street Dover CT16 1JW
Received 31 Mar 2025The Barn Coombe Lane Woodnesborough Sandwich Kent CT13 0PW
Received 31 Mar 202523 High Street Deal CT14 7AA
Received 31 Mar 2025Dover Christ Church Academy Melbourne Avenue Dover Kent CT16 2EG
Received 31 Mar 2025Land North West Of Deal Business Park Southwall Road Deal CT14 9FH
Received 31 Mar 202598 Golf Road Deal CT14 6QG
Received 31 Mar 202523 Heronden View Eastry CT13 0EZ
Received 31 Mar 2025Land South West Of Sholden Drive Sandwich Road Sholden Kent
Received 31 Mar 2025St Georges Garden Of Rest West Street Deal Kent
Received 31 Mar 20255 Vale View Road Aylesham CT3 3DD
Received 1 Apr 202511 Mongeham Way Walmer CT14 7TZ
Received 1 Apr 2025Land North East And South East Of The Lane Guston Kent
Received 1 Apr 2025Land South And East Of Clampits Farm Wass Drove Westmarsh
Received 31 Mar 202514 Archers Court Road Whitfield Dover Kent CT16 3HP
Received 2 Apr 2025Land On The South Side Of Archers Court Road Whitfield Kent
Received 2 Apr 2025Crows Nest 98 Wellington Parade Walmer CT14 8AD
Received 2 Apr 202555 Church Hill Shepherdswell CT15 7NR
Received 3 Apr 2025Guilton Farm 63 Guilton Ash CT3 2HR
Received 3 Apr 2025Carpenters Farm Barn Preston Lane Preston CT3 1EY
Received 31 Mar 2025The Village Shop High Street St Margarets At Cliffe Dover Kent CT15 6AU
Received 3 Apr 2025Wood Ash Garage Hammill Road Woodnesborough Sandwich Kent CT13 0PR
Received 3 Apr 2025White Rails Sandwich Road Woodnesborough CT13 0LY
Received 3 Apr 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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