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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
New Property At 5 Bewsbury Crescent Whitfield Kent
Received 2 Jun 2025The Old Exchange 25 Stanhope Road Deal Kent CT14 6AD
Received 2 Jun 202566 St Leonards Road Deal CT14 9AY
Received 2 Jun 2025The Coastguard Inn The Bay St Margarets Bay CT15 6DY
Received 2 Jun 2025100 High Street Wingham Canterbury CT3 1BU
Received 2 Jun 2025Archcliffe Fort Archcliffe Road Dover Kent CT17 9EL
Received 3 Jun 2025National Westminster Bank Plc 31 High Street Deal Kent
Received 3 Jun 202523 Lower Road Temple Ewell CT16 3DX
Received 3 Jun 20256 - 12 Folkestone Road Dover CT17 9RU
Received 3 Jun 2025Restricted Byway ER307 Lucerne Lane And St Margarets At Cliffe Martin Kent
Received 2 Jun 2025Play Padel Club Tides Leisure Centre Park Avenue Deal CT14 9UU
Received 3 Jun 2025Land South Of Whistlers Forstal Coombe Lane Ash
Received 3 Jun 2025Little Beadles Kings Avenue Sandwich Bay Sandwich CT13 9PG
Received 3 Jun 2025Richborough Energy Park (Part Of Former Richborough Power Station) Ramsgate Road Sandwich CT13 9NL
Received 4 Jun 2025Aylesham Baptist Free Church Dorman Avenue South Aylesham CT3 3AA
Received 5 Jun 202523 Grange Road Deal Kent CT14 9TS
Received 5 Jun 2025Windy Ridge 77 The Droveway St Margarets Bay Dover CT15 6DE
Received 5 Jun 2025Kentlands Princes Drive Sandwich Bay Sandwich CT13 9PZ
Received 5 Jun 2025Kentlands Princes Drive Sandwich Bay Sandwich Kent CT13 9PZ
Received 5 Jun 20253 Greenacre Drive Walmer Deal CT14 7UQ
Received 5 Jun 2025Straight Mile Betteshanger Kent
Received 6 Jun 2025Land Between Bay Hill And Refreshment Kiosk The Bay St Margarets Bay Kent
Received 6 Jun 2025Spa Cottage Hangmans Lane Ringwould Deal CT14 8HW
Received 6 Jun 20259 Mangers Place Dover CT16 2AS
Received 6 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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