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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
433 Dover Road Walmer Deal CT14 7PF
Received 5 Nov 202513 Farrier Street Deal Kent CT14 6JR
Received 5 Nov 2025177 Melbourne Avenue Dover CT16 2EB
Received 5 Nov 2025Swallows Knightrider Street Sandwich CT13 9ER
Received 5 Nov 202551 Church Path Deal Kent CT14 9TH
Received 5 Nov 202515 The Butchery Sandwich Kent CT13 9DL
Received 6 Nov 202515 The Butchery Sandwich CT13 9DL
Received 6 Nov 20253 James Hall Gardens Walmer Deal Kent CT14 7SZ
Received 6 Nov 202520 Hyde Place Aylesham CT3 3AL
Received 6 Nov 202525 St Radigunds Road Dover CT17 0JY
Received 6 Nov 2025Land North East Of Branscombe Cottage Station Road St Margarets At Cliffe Kent
Received 6 Nov 2025Outside 25 Ontario Way Dover CT16 2BE
Received 7 Nov 202580 Middle Street Deal Kent CT14 6HL
Received 7 Nov 2025Bushley House Mill Lane Eastry Sandwich Kent CT13 0JX
Received 8 Nov 2025The Firs Red Barn Lane Ewell Minnis Dover CT15 7DZ
Received 9 Nov 202522 Oxenden Crescent Wingham CT3 1BP
Received 10 Nov 2025Sholden Hall Residential Home London Road Sholden CT14 0AB
Received 10 Nov 2025Car Park Woolcomber Street Dover Kent CT16 1QF
Received 10 Nov 2025Adjacent To 12 Kingston Close River CT17 0NQ
Received 10 Nov 2025Amenity Land Fronting 1 To 15 Kingston Close River Kent
Received 10 Nov 2025Land On Southern Corner Of Flying Horse Lane And King Street Dover CT16 1NR
Received 10 Nov 2025Swinburn Cottage The Street Stourmouth CT3 1HY
Received 10 Nov 2025Ivy House Saddlers Hill Goodnestone Canterbury Kent CT3 1PE
Received 10 Nov 2025Stepping Down 248 Folkestone Road Dover Kent CT17 9JP
Received 11 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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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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