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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Rectory Barfrestone Road Barfrestone Dover Kent CT15 7JJ
Received 28 Apr 20251 Ranelagh Road Deal Kent CT14 7BG
Received 28 Apr 2025Dover Marina Hotel And Spa Waterloo Crescent Dover CT17 9BP
Received 28 Apr 2025Dover Marina Hotel And Spa Waterloo Crescent Dover CT17 9BP
Received 28 Apr 2025J R Cowan Ltd 52 New Street Ash CT3 2BN
Received 29 Apr 2025Ashurst 162 Mongeham Road Great Mongeham Deal Kent CT14 9LL
Received 29 Apr 2025Ashurst 162 Mongeham Road Great Mongeham Deal Kent CT14 9LL
Received 29 Apr 202533 And 35 Castle Street Dover CT16 1PT
Received 29 Apr 2025100 High Street Deal CT14 6EE
Received 29 Apr 2025Land Next To 95 St George's Road Sandwich CT13 9LE
Received 29 Apr 2025Cool Na Slee 48 Granville Road St Margarets Bay CT15 6DS
Received 29 Apr 2025Coastguard Cottages Bay Hill St Margarets Bay CT15 6DU
Received 30 Apr 2025Ratling Court Farm Inustrial Estate Ratling Road Aylesham Kent CT3 3JA
Received 30 Apr 202535 High Street Dover CT16 1EB
Received 30 Apr 20257 South Street Deal Kent CT14 7AW
Received 30 Apr 20251 Malvern Meadow Temple Ewell Dover Kent CT16 3AH
Received 30 Apr 2025Basement Flat 93 Maison Dieu Road Dover CT16 1RU
Received 1 May 202523 Victoria Road Deal CT14 7AS
Received 1 May 2025Sandwich Railway Station Delfside Sandwich CT13 9JR
Received 1 May 2025Land South West Of Sholden Drive Sandwich Road Sholden Kent
Received 1 May 2025Land South West Of Sholden Drive Sandwich Road Sholden Kent
Received 1 May 20259 Beechwood Close Whitfield Dover Kent CT16 3JZ
Received 1 May 2025Broughton Sandown Road Sandwich CT13 9NY
Received 2 May 2025Land South West Of Sholden Drive Sandwich Road Sholden Kent
Received 2 May 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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