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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Yew Tree Cottages The Street Denton Canterbury Kent CT4 6RB
Received 2 May 20251 Yew Tree Cottages The Street Denton Canterbury Kent CT4 6RB
Received 2 May 2025Land North West Of Stonyway Lane Stonyway Lane Church Hougham
Received 2 May 2025Coombe Farm Coombe Lane Woodnesborough CT13 0PW
Received 2 May 20251 Mayfield Villas Station Road Shepherdswell Dover CT15 7PE
Received 6 May 202596 Lewisham Road River Dover CT17 0PB
Received 6 May 2025Holly Lodge Cripps Lane St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6BJ
Received 4 May 2025St Marys Grove Cottage St Marys Grove Tilmanstone Deal CT14 0JS
Received 5 May 2025Poulton Manor Poulton Lane Ash CT3 2HW
Received 6 May 20257 Helena Road Capel Le Ferne CT18 7LG
Received 6 May 2025The Old Vicarage Church Street Eastry Sandwich CT13 0HQ
Received 6 May 2025Holmstone Wood Crabble Lane River Kent
Received 6 May 202582 Archers Court Road Whitfield Dover Kent CT16 3HU
Received 6 May 202582 Archers Court Road Whitfield Dover Kent CT16 3HU
Received 6 May 20257 South Street Deal CT14 7AW
Received 6 May 202515 Canute Road Deal CT14 6QY
Received 6 May 2025273 London Road Deal CT14 9PW
Received 6 May 2025Finglesham Grange West Street Finglesham CT14 0NQ
Received 7 May 2025Recreation Ground Approach Road Shepherdswell Kent CT15 7NY
Received 7 May 20251 Athol Terrace Dover Kent CT16 1LT
Received 7 May 20258 Chapel Street Deal CT14 6HW
Received 7 May 2025Swimming Pool Building Tides Leisure Centre Park Avenue Deal CT14 9UU
Received 7 May 202531 St Georges Crescent Dover CT17 9HW
Received 7 May 2025Land South West Of Flemings House Fleming Road Woodnesborough CT13 0PX
Received 7 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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