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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chitral Cottage Lower Street Eastry Sandwich CT13 0JG
Received 16 Jul 202596 Sandwich Road Eythorne Dover Kent CT15 4DQ
Received 16 Jul 202525 Court Close Deal CT14 9YH
Received 16 Jul 2025Land For Aylesham Village Expansion North Of Dorman Avenue North Aylesham Kent
Received 16 Jul 2025Barfreston Court Farm Barfrestone Road Barfrestone CT15 7JJ
Received 16 Jul 2025Barfreston Court Farm Barfrestone Road Barfrestone Dover CT15 7JJ
Received 16 Jul 2025Land At Mansion Gardens Whitfield Dover CT16 2HH
Received 16 Jul 2025The Old Malt House Easole Street Nonington Dover Kent CT15 4HF
Received 16 Jul 202566 Noahs Ark Road Dover Kent CT17 0NL
Received 16 Jul 2025The Stables Great Knell Farm Knell Lane Ash Canterbury Kent CT3 2ED
Received 17 Jul 2025Lord Warden House Lord Warden Square Dover Kent CT17 9EQ
Received 16 Jul 2025Land East Of Miller Close And North Of Staple Road Wingham Kent
Received 17 Jul 202513 Alfred Square Deal CT14 6LR
Received 17 Jul 20259 Mill Road Wingham CT3 1NJ
Received 17 Jul 2025The Old Tythe Barn Long Lane Shepherdswell CT15 7LX
Received 17 Jul 2025Beech Court 86 Rectory Road Deal Kent CT14 9NB
Received 18 Jul 2025South Foreland Cottage Foreland Road St Margarets Bay Dover CT15 6EB
Received 18 Jul 2025Lower Rowling Farm Rowling Road Goodnestone Kent
Received 18 Jul 2025The Bungalow Willow Woods Road Little Mongeham Deal CT14 0HR
Received 18 Jul 2025Breakers Goodwin Road St Margarets Bay Dover CT15 6ED
Received 19 Jul 2025Gulls Way 35 Moat Sole Sandwich CT13 9AU
Received 21 Jul 2025Street Record Capstan Row Deal
Received 21 Jul 202552 New Street Ash CT3 2BN
Received 21 Jul 20252 Stonehall Lydden Dover CT15 7JS
Received 21 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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