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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cliffe Cottage Cripps Lane St Margarets At Cliffe Dover Kent CT15 6BJ
Received 24 Jun 202513 Farrier Street Deal CT14 6JR
Received 24 Jun 202513 Farrier Street Deal CT14 6JR
Received 24 Jun 2025Great Poulders Equestrian Centre Great Poulders Farm Poulders Road Sandwich Kent CT13 0LX
Received 24 Jun 2025The Stables Bushy Ruff Alkham Road Temple Ewell CT16 3EE
Received 24 Jun 20251 Loop Court Mews Sandwich CT13 9HF
Received 25 Jun 202550 Blenheim Road Deal CT14 7DD
Received 25 Jun 2025Restricted Byway (EE503) Running Between Sandwich Road And Grannies Lane At Nonington And Public Footpath EE323
Received 25 Jun 2025Phase 3 Parcel 1 Land For Aylesham Village Expansion North Of Dorman Avenue North Aylesham Kent
Received 25 Jun 2025Land Between Trouvaille And Normary Northbourne Road Great Mongeham Kent
Received 25 Jun 2025Kent International Campsite The Avenue Kingsdown CT14 8DU
Received 25 Jun 202525 - 26 Biggin Street Dover CT16 1BJ
Received 25 Jun 2025Animal Farm Mill Road Staple CT3 1LB
Received 25 Jun 20252 Limes Road Dover CT16 2NA
Received 26 Jun 20251 Addelam Close Deal CT14 9LT
Received 26 Jun 2025The Old Vicarage Vicarage Lane Tilmanstone CT14 0JG
Received 26 Jun 202524 The Street Ash CT3 2EW
Received 26 Jun 2025Gulls Way 35 Moat Sole Sandwich CT13 9AU
Received 26 Jun 202510 Greenacre Drive Walmer CT14 7UQ
Received 26 Jun 202517 Poulders Gardens Sandwich CT13 0BE
Received 26 Jun 2025Land For Aylesham Village Expansion North Of Dorman Avenue North Aylesham Kent
Received 26 Jun 2025The Moorings East Langdon Road Guston Dover Kent CT15 5EX
Received 26 Jun 2025First Floor 72 - 74 Biggin Street Dover CT16 1BB
Received 26 Jun 202582 Dover Road Sandwich CT13 0BY
Received 26 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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