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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Hall The Street Woodnesborough CT13 0NQ
Received 30 Oct 202514 Melville Lea Woodnesborough Sandwich Kent CT13 0NE
Received 30 Oct 202514 Mannering Close River CT17 0UD
Received 30 Oct 2025Land On The East Side Of Cross Road Deal Kent
Received 17 Oct 2025Eastry Court Farm Church Street Eastry Kent
Received 30 Oct 2025Land West Of Oak Barn Farm Court Lane Preston Kent
Received 30 Oct 202533- 35 Castle Street Dover Kent CT16 1PT
Received 31 Oct 202572 West Street Deal CT14 6AZ
Received 31 Oct 2025Marleybrook House Stourmouth Road Preston CT3 1HP
Received 31 Oct 2025106 St Georges Road Sandwich CT13 9LE
Received 1 Nov 2025Nursery The Larch Beacon Lane Woodnesborough Kent
Received 3 Nov 20252 Oast Cottages School Road Tilmanstone Deal Kent CT14 0JJ
Received 3 Nov 202592 London Road River Dover CT16 3AB
Received 3 Nov 2025King Charles Court Lord Warden Avenue Walmer CT14 7LD
Received 3 Nov 2025Odonata North Road Sandwich Bay Sandwich CT13 9PJ
Received 3 Nov 2025All Saints Church Church Lane Stourmouth CT3 1HT
Received 3 Nov 2025New House Farm Barn Church Lane Stourmouth
Received 3 Nov 20251 New Road Eythorne Dover CT15 4DF
Received 3 Nov 20254 Southwall Road Deal Kent CT14 9QA
Received 4 Nov 202530 - 32 Church Street Walmer Deal Kent CT14 7RT
Received 4 Nov 2025Mongeham Farm Northbourne Road Great Mongeham CT14 0HB
Received 4 Nov 202535 Brookfield Road Dover CT16 2AU
Received 4 Nov 2025Land East Of Jubilee Road Worth CT14 0DR
Received 4 Nov 2025Marine Cottage Chapel Lane St Margarets At Cliffe Dover CT15 6BF
Received 4 Nov 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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