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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beech Court 86 Rectory Road Deal Kent CT14 9NB
Received 10 Jul 202551 Glack Road Deal Kent CT14 9ND
Received 10 Jul 2025Oast House Hills Court Road Ash CT3 2AP
Received 11 Jul 2025Swan House Station Road Martin Mill CT15 5JX
Received 11 Jul 2025Land West Of Cilcain Winehouse Lane Capel Le Ferne Kent
Received 14 Jul 2025377 London Road Deal Kent CT14 9PS
Received 14 Jul 2025The Old Yard Heronden Road Eastry Sandwich Kent CT13 0ET
Received 14 Jul 2025140 Buckland Avenue Dover Kent CT16 2NN
Received 14 Jul 2025Reams Cottage Mill Lane Worth CT14 0DU
Received 14 Jul 2025Basement Flat 4 De Burgh Hill Dover CT17 0BS
Received 14 Jul 2025Colton 25 Granville Road St Margarets Bay Dover Kent CT15 6DS
Received 14 Jul 2025Former Playground North Military Road Dover Kent
Received 14 Jul 2025Castle Cottage 30 Wellington Parade Walmer Deal CT14 8AB
Received 14 Jul 2025St Bartholomews Chapel Dover Road Sandwich Kent
Received 14 Jul 2025144A College Road Deal CT14 6BX
Received 14 Jul 2025Kingdom Pre School Graceworks House Willingdon Road White Cliffs Business Park Whitfield Dover Kent CT16 2JX
Received 14 Jul 202523 Dover Road Sandwich CT13 0BS
Received 14 Jul 2025105 College Road Deal Kent CT14 6BU
Received 15 Jul 2025The Old Rectory Elmstone Preston Canterbury Kent CT3 1HE
Received 15 Jul 20258 Market Street Sandwich CT13 9DA
Received 15 Jul 20258 Market Street Sandwich CT13 9DA
Received 15 Jul 20254 Mill Lane Shepherdswell Kent
Received 15 Jul 2025Land On The North-east Side Of Masons Road Dover CT17 0EZ
Received 15 Jul 2025Chapter House Church Street Walmer Deal CT14 7RP
Received 15 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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