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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wood Ash Garage Hammill Road Woodnesborough Sandwich Kent CT13 0PR
Received 9 Apr 2025Woodlands Preston Hill Wingham Canterbury Kent CT3 1DB
Received 9 Apr 2025Ashurst 162 Mongeham Road Great Mongeham CT14 9LL
Received 9 Apr 202514 Park View Rise Nonington CT15 4JS
Received 10 Apr 2025White Mills Wake And Aqua Park Ash Road Sandwich CT13 9JB
Received 10 Apr 2025Land North East Of Fitzwalters Meadow Boyes Lane Goodnestone Kent
Received 10 Apr 2025The Den Richborough Road Richborough Sandwich CT13 9JG
Received 10 Apr 20255 Mill Bank Mill Lane Eastry Sandwich Kent CT13 0LG
Received 11 Apr 2025Former Buckland Hospital Coombe Valley Road Dover Kent
Received 11 Apr 202544 The Strand Walmer CT14 7DX
Received 11 Apr 2025Land For Aylesham Village Expansion North Of Dorman Avenue North Aylesham Kent
Received 11 Apr 2025Crescent House Dover College Effingham Crescent Dover Kent CT17 9RH
Received 11 Apr 2025Elkington House Charlton Green Dover Kent CT16 1AP
Received 10 Apr 202582 Archers Court Road Whitfield CT16 3HU
Received 11 Apr 202531 Water Street Deal Kent CT14 6DJ
Received 11 Apr 2025The Old Rectory Slip Lane Alkham Dover Kent CT15 7DA
Received 11 Apr 20259 Market Place Aylesham CT3 3EY
Received 12 Apr 2025Site Of Malbec 60 Granville Road St Margarets Bay Kent
Received 12 Apr 2025Land Rear Of 101 To 107 Station Road Walmer Kent
Received 14 Apr 2025Richborough Energy Park Sandwich Road CT13 9NL
Received 15 Apr 2025Sandwich Tennis Club Sandown Road Sandwich CT13 9JZ
Received 15 Apr 2025St Nicholas Church Barfrestone Road Barfrestone Kent
Received 15 Apr 2025Coastguard Mews Bay Hill St Margarets Bay Kent CT15 6DU
Received 15 Apr 2025Downlands The Street Staple CT3 1LL
Received 15 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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