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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34A Cowper Road River CT17 0PH
Received 3 Jul 2025Site At Betteshanger Sustainable Parks Betteshanger Road Betteshanger Kent
Received 3 Jul 2025Site At Betteshanger Sustainable Parks Betteshanger Road Betteshanger Kent
Received 3 Jul 2025Eastry Court Farm Church Street Eastry CT13 0HL
Received 3 Jul 2025Eastry Court Farm Church Street Eastry Kent
Received 3 Jul 2025Citizens Advice Bureau The Cedars 26 Victoria Road Deal CT14 7BJ
Received 3 Jul 2025367 - 371 Folkestone Road Dover CT17 9JR
Received 4 Jul 2025Nursery Cottage Felderland Lane Worth Deal CT14 0BX
Received 7 Jul 2025Land East Of Lower Heronden Farm Heronden Road Eastry Kent
Received 7 Jul 2025Uplands Farm Meggett Lane Alkham CT15 7DG
Received 7 Jul 2025Uplands Farm Meggett Lane Alkham CT15 7DG
Received 7 Jul 2025The Barn Coombe Lane Woodnesborough Sandwich Kent CT13 0PW
Received 7 Jul 2025Falconsview Meadows Barville Road Waldershare CT15 5BQ
Received 7 Jul 2025Woodville Hall London Road Temple Ewell Dover Kent CT16 3DJ
Received 7 Jul 2025Land South West Of Sholden Drive Sandwich Road Sholden Kent
Received 7 Jul 2025Waterlock Farmhouse The Street Stourmouth Canterbury CT3 1HZ
Received 7 Jul 202584 Strand Street Sandwich CT13 9HX
Received 8 Jul 20257 Elm Road Aylesham Canterbury CT3 3DJ
Received 8 Jul 202555 Bewsbury Cross Lane Whitfield Dover CT16 3EY
Received 8 Jul 2025Land West Of Wanstone Court And South East Of Upper Road St Margarets At Cliffe Kent
Received 8 Jul 2025105B - 107 Lower Road River Dover Kent CT17 0QY
Received 9 Jul 2025Oak Barn Downs Road East Studdal Dover CT15 5DB
Received 9 Jul 2025236 St Richards Road Deal CT14 9LF
Received 9 Jul 2025Beech Court 86 Rectory Road Deal Kent CT14 9NB
Received 10 Jul 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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