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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North East And South East Of The Lane Guston Kent
Received 27 May 20257 Oakvale Close Dover CT17 9PZ
Received 27 May 2025The Old Rectory Slip Lane Alkham Dover Kent CT15 7DA
Received 28 May 2025Land East Of Miller Close And North Of Staple Road Wingham Kent
Received 28 May 202573 Millyard Road Aylesham Canterbury CT3 3FN
Received 28 May 2025Opposite 80 Liverpool Road Walmer CT14 7NL
Received 28 May 2025O/S 46 Folkestone Road Dover CT17 9SF
Received 28 May 2025Telecommunication Mast Old Folkestone Road Dover CT17 9HD
Received 28 May 202527 Granville Road Walmer Deal Kent CT14 7LQ
Received 28 May 20253 The Ramparts Knightrider Street Sandwich CT13 9ER
Received 28 May 20251 Warden House Mews London Road Deal CT14 9WD
Received 28 May 2025Land At 5 Beechwood Close Whitfield CT16 3JZ
Received 29 May 2025Land East Of Miller Close And North Of Staple Road Wingham Kent
Received 29 May 2025Kent Renewable Energy Limited Artillery Way Discovery Park Sandwich CT13 9FP
Received 29 May 2025Footpath Field Staple Road Wingham
Received 29 May 2025St Marys Church Of England Primary School Laureston Place Dover Kent CT16 1QX
Received 29 May 202518 The Street Ash Canterbury Kent CT3 2HJ
Received 30 May 2025100 High Street Deal CT14 6EE
Received 30 May 202544 The Strand Walmer Deal Kent CT14 7DX
Received 30 May 202544 The Strand Walmer CT14 7DX
Received 30 May 20251 Woodside View Kearsney Avenue Kearsney Dover CT16 3BS
Received 30 May 2025Ellinge House Little Everden Road Alkham Dover Kent CT15 7EG
Received 2 Jun 2025120 Church Path Deal CT14 9TN
Received 2 Jun 20252 Fosters Court Sandwich Kent CT13 0QU
Received 2 Jun 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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