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Dover District Council
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Dover District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
2,684Searchable applications
328Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 1,898 approved or refused records
156Refused applications

1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas103 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas55 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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  1. Decided25/00580

    Installation of a substation and equipment for the charging of electric buses

    Dover Priory Railway Station Station Approach Road Dover CT17 9SB

    Received 21 May 2025
  2. Decided25/00595

    Root pruning to allow for the installation of a root barrier of one Beech (located at 2 Fosters Court) the subject of Tree Preservation Order No 8 of 2009.

    20 Hazelwood Meadow Sandwich Kent CT13 0AP

    Received 22 May 2025
  3. Decided25/00597

    Raise the south west/west/and north west sides of the crown to a point level with neighbour's side, crown clean to remove broken and damaged limbs and reduce in length by 3 metres of branches growing towards house of one Monterey Cypress the subject of Tree Preservation Order No 3 of 2015

    38 Queens Avenue Dover CT17 9PU

    Received 22 May 2025
  4. Decided22/00029/H

    Non material amendment to planning permission 22/00029 (Reserved Matters application for the approval of layout, scale, landscaping, internal access arrangements and appearance for 249 dwellings pursuant to outline planning Permission DOV/10/01010) to allow amendments of approved plans to change dwellings 31-58, 70-115 and 121-134 from David Wilson Homes branding to Barratt Homes branding with associated parking and landscaping changes

    Sub Phase 1C Whitfield Urban Expansion Phase 1 Archers Court Road Whitfield

    Received 23 May 2025
  5. Decided25/00598

    Change of use of ancillary outbuilding to residential dwelling, solar panels to roof and 3 additional car parking spaces.

    Birnham Hammill Road Woodnesborough CT13 0PR

    Received 23 May 2025
  6. Decided25/00599

    Installation of a new shop front with internal shutters

    Unit 22 St James St James Street Dover CT16 1QD

    Received 23 May 2025
  7. Decided25/00600

    Display of 1 internally illuminated fascia sign and awning

    Unit 22 St James St James Street Dover CT16 1QD

    Received 23 May 2025
  8. Decided25/00601

    Erection of a rear dormer to facilitate a loft conversion and change of roof slope from hip to gable

    11 Lydia Road Deal CT14 9JX

    Received 23 May 2025
  9. Decided25/00602

    Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) for the continued use as a HMO, occupancy of 9 people, in breach of conditions of application DOV/05/00425

    Annabel's Guesthouse 13 Effingham Crescent Dover CT17 9RH

    Received 23 May 2025
  10. Decided25/00603

    Conversion to residential to include: replacement of existing dormer, insertion of rooflight to rear, replacement of door with glazed screen, widening of existing opening and insertion of sliding glazed doors to rear. Removal of internal partitions. Insertion of new staircase. Erection of partitions to 1st floor to form ensuite.

    1 The Chain Sandwich CT13 9BJ

    Received 23 May 2025
  11. Decided25/00604

    Removal of existing paint and repainting of the front elevation.

    70 & 72 New Street Sandwich CT13 9BD

    Received 25 May 2025
  12. Decided25/00605

    Change of use from fishing storage to gallery and insertion of a door to the north elevation (sui generis use) (retrospective).

    Beach Plot 79 The Strand Walmer Kent CT14 7DY

    Received 26 May 2025
  13. DecidedCON/24/00797/A

    Discharge of condition 4 (bike storage) and 5 (soft landscaping) pursuant to application 23/00401 Outline application for the erection of up to 16 dwellings (with all matters reserved except access)

    Land Opposite 32 To 38 Cauldham Lane Capel Le Ferne Kent

    Received 26 May 2025
  14. DecidedCON/23/00401/F

    Discharge of condition 31 (habitat management and monitoring plan) pursuant to application 23/00401 Outline application for the erection of up to 16 dwellings (with all matters reserved except access)

    Land Opposite 32 To 38 Cauldham Lane Capel Le Ferne Kent

    Received 26 May 2025
  15. DecidedTC/25/00062

    Fell one Lime tree (T1); re pollard 2 Lime trees (T2 and T3) fell one Walnut tree (T4); fell one dead Bay tree (T5); pollard to approximately 9 metres of 3 Poplar trees (G1), all situated within a conservation area.

    Woodbine 11 Victoria Road Deal CT14 7AS

    Received 26 May 2025
  16. DecidedTC/25/00063

    Crown reduce by up to 3 metres in height and spread and reshape as necessary of one Horse Chestnut tree situated within a conservation area.

    Great Mongeham Village Green Mongeham Road Great Mongeham Kent

    Received 26 May 2025
  17. Decided24/00181/B

    Non material minor amendment to approved application 24/00181 (Full application for the erection of an up to four storeys in height building for uses including education, offices, studio, gallery and cafe (Use Classes E(g)(i), E(b) and F1) to allow variation of the wording to Condition 8 (BREEAM) to allow for an interim assessment to be submitted post-completion, rather than the 'final certificate', and to allow variation of the wording to Condition 15 (Heritage Engagement Strategy) and Condition 22 (Heritage and Archaeology Interpretation Strategy) to allow for these to be submitted prior to occupation and/or installation of relevant works.

    The Beacon Project Bench Street Dover Kent

    Received 27 May 2025
  18. Decided25/00609

    Variation of condition 18 (highway works) of planning permission 23/00976 (Full application for the erection of 71 dwellings including affordable housing, with associated access, infrastructure, drainage, public open space and landscaping and associated infrastructure) to allow revisions to site access

    Footpath Field Staple Road Wingham

    Received 27 May 2025
  19. Decided25/00611

    Prior approval for the change of use from commercial (Class E) to flat (C3)

    12 London Road Dover Kent CT17 0ST

    Received 27 May 2025
  20. Decided25/00610

    Notice under of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) to upgrade existing telecommunications base station

    Telecommunication Mast Spinney Lane Aylesham CT3 3AF

    Received 23 May 2025
  21. DecidedCON/24/01085/C

    Discharge of condition 20 (method statement biodiversity), pursuant to application 24/01085 Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 23/00546 for the "erection of 8 dwellings with associated access and landscaping" to allow a single garage to plot 7 and a double garage to plot 8

    Land East Side Of Short Lane Alkham Kent

    Received 27 May 2025
  22. DecidedCON/24/01084/D

    Discharge of condition 16 (pre-com flood resilience mitigation) pursuant to application 24/01084 Erection of a building and conversion of two buildings to create 11no. dwellings and 4no. retail units (2no. buildings to be demolished)

    7 South Street Deal Kent CT14 7AW

    Received 27 May 2025
  23. Awaiting decisionCON/22/00652/R

    Discharge of condition 14 (habitat management and monitoring plan) pursuant to application 22/00652 Outline application for the erection of up to 155 dwellings with associated parking and means of access (all matters reserved except for access)

    Land South West Of Sholden Drive Sandwich Road Sholden Kent

    Received 27 May 2025
  24. DecidedCON/22/01666/B

    Discharge of condition 3 (materials), condition 6 (external joinery details) pursuant to application 22/01666 Erection of 3 dwellinghouses with associated access, landscaping and parking (outbuildings demolished)

    Ashen Tree Lodge Ashen Tree Lane Dover Kent CT16 1QL

    Received 27 May 2025

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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.

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