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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
138A High Street Deal CT14 6BE
Received 14 May 2025Agricultural Land And Buildings Guilton Farm Guilton Ash Kent
Received 14 May 202544 Wellington Road Deal CT14 7AL
Received 14 May 2025Sedgemead House Beaconsfield Road Dover CT16 2LP
Received 14 May 202546 Cornwall Road Walmer CT14 7SA
Received 14 May 2025Former Buckland Hospital Coombe Valley Road Dover CT17 0HD
Received 14 May 202551 Millyard Road Aylesham Canterbury CT3 3FN
Received 14 May 2025Lower Rowling Farm Rowling Road Goodnestone Kent
Received 15 May 2025Ivy Cottage The Street Eythorne CT15 4BG
Received 15 May 202517 Biggin Street Dover CT16 1BH
Received 15 May 2025100 Golf Road Deal CT14 6QG
Received 16 May 2025Elster Cottage The Street Finglesham CT14 0NE
Received 16 May 2025Saxby House 15 Victoria Road Deal CT14 7AS
Received 16 May 2025Saxby House 15 Victoria Road Deal CT14 7AS
Received 16 May 2025The Old Rectory Slip Lane Alkham Dover Kent CT15 7DA
Received 16 May 2025Mercers Farm The Street Finglesham CT14 0NG
Received 16 May 202511 Golden Street Deal CT14 6JU
Received 16 May 20253 Victoria Park Dover Kent CT16 1QR
Received 16 May 2025Aylesham Welfare Leisure Centre Spinney Lane Aylesham CT3 3BE
Received 17 May 2025Hoaden Court Farm Hoaden Lane Ash Kent
Received 18 May 20255 Brook Street Eastry Sandwich Kent CT13 0HR
Received 19 May 2025Beech House 11 Blake Close Walmer Deal Kent CT14 7UB
Received 19 May 2025152 Downs Road Walmer Deal CT14 7TF
Received 19 May 202512 Beresford Road River Dover CT17 0QR
Received 19 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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