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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Dover Priory Railway Station Station Approach Road Dover CT17 9SB
Received 21 May 202520 Hazelwood Meadow Sandwich Kent CT13 0AP
Received 22 May 202538 Queens Avenue Dover CT17 9PU
Received 22 May 2025Sub Phase 1C Whitfield Urban Expansion Phase 1 Archers Court Road Whitfield
Received 23 May 2025Birnham Hammill Road Woodnesborough CT13 0PR
Received 23 May 2025Unit 22 St James St James Street Dover CT16 1QD
Received 23 May 2025Unit 22 St James St James Street Dover CT16 1QD
Received 23 May 202511 Lydia Road Deal CT14 9JX
Received 23 May 2025Annabel's Guesthouse 13 Effingham Crescent Dover CT17 9RH
Received 23 May 20251 The Chain Sandwich CT13 9BJ
Received 23 May 202570 & 72 New Street Sandwich CT13 9BD
Received 25 May 2025Beach Plot 79 The Strand Walmer Kent CT14 7DY
Received 26 May 2025Land Opposite 32 To 38 Cauldham Lane Capel Le Ferne Kent
Received 26 May 2025Land Opposite 32 To 38 Cauldham Lane Capel Le Ferne Kent
Received 26 May 2025Woodbine 11 Victoria Road Deal CT14 7AS
Received 26 May 2025Great Mongeham Village Green Mongeham Road Great Mongeham Kent
Received 26 May 2025The Beacon Project Bench Street Dover Kent
Received 27 May 2025Footpath Field Staple Road Wingham
Received 27 May 202512 London Road Dover Kent CT17 0ST
Received 27 May 2025Telecommunication Mast Spinney Lane Aylesham CT3 3AF
Received 23 May 2025Land East Side Of Short Lane Alkham Kent
Received 27 May 20257 South Street Deal Kent CT14 7AW
Received 27 May 2025Land South West Of Sholden Drive Sandwich Road Sholden Kent
Received 27 May 2025Ashen Tree Lodge Ashen Tree Lane Dover Kent CT16 1QL
Received 27 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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