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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Westholm Hoaden Lane Ash CT3 2LJ
Received 18 Jun 2025Ashurst 162 Mongeham Road Great Mongeham CT14 9LL
Received 19 Jun 202510 York Road Walmer Deal Kent CT14 7EA
Received 19 Jun 2025Vine Cottage The Street Northbourne Deal CT14 0LG
Received 19 Jun 2025The Chapter House School Lane Wingham CT3 1BD
Received 20 Jun 2025The Chapter House School Lane Wingham CT3 1BD
Received 20 Jun 2025Land To South Of Thornton Road And East Of Thornton Lane Tilmanstone Kent
Received 20 Jun 2025Land To The Rear Of Former Magistrates Court Pencester Road Dover Kent
Received 20 Jun 202551 Church Path Deal CT14 9TH
Received 20 Jun 2025Eastry Court Farm Church Street Eastry Kent
Received 20 Jun 2025The Kings Arms 63 - 65 Strand Street Sandwich Kent CT13 9HN
Received 21 Jun 2025Reed Cottage Buckland Lane Staple CT3 1JZ
Received 22 Jun 2025The Hideaway Lancaster Avenue Capel Le Ferne Folkestone CT18 7LX
Received 22 Jun 2025Coastguard Mews Bay Hill St Margarets Bay CT15 6DU
Received 23 Jun 2025The Old Rectory Church Hill Eythorne Kent
Received 23 Jun 2025Worth Free Church Deal Road Worth Deal Kent CT14 0BJ
Received 23 Jun 2025The Yews The Street Denton Canterbury Kent CT4 6RD
Received 23 Jun 2025Land North Of Guston And The Lane Guston Court Farm Guston Dover Kent
Received 23 Jun 202517 Sandown Road Sandwich CT13 9PA
Received 23 Jun 2025Pickleden Lodge Wootton Lane Wootton Canterbury Kent CT4 6RU
Received 23 Jun 2025Pickleden Lodge Wootton Lane Wootton Canterbury Kent CT4 6RU
Received 23 Jun 202553 Folkestone Road Dover CT17 9RZ
Received 24 Jun 2025Wisteria Lodge Kingsdown Hill Kingsdown Deal Kent CT14 8EA
Received 24 Jun 2025Agricultural Building South East Of Beacon Hill House Beacon Lane Woodnesborough CT13 0PA
Received 24 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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