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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Parsonage Cottage Church Road Coldred Dover CT15 5AQ
Received 7 Jan 2026Broad Oak Canterbury
Received 7 Jan 2026First Floor Bridge Wharf House Ramsgate Road Sandwich Kent
Received 7 Jan 2026Fremar Canterbury Road Wingham CT3 1NH
Received 7 Jan 2026The Old Nursery School Lane Staple Canterbury Kent CT3 1LJ
Received 8 Jan 202622 Marine Road Walmer CT14 7DN
Received 8 Jan 202641 Wellington Road Deal CT14 7AL
Received 6 Jan 202642 Wellington Road Deal CT14 7AL
Received 6 Jan 202610 York And Albany Close Walmer CT14 7RR
Received 8 Jan 2026Adjoining 2 Colton Crescent Archers Court Road Whitfield CT16 2EP
Received 8 Jan 2026Preston Hall Waterworks Lane Martin Dover CT15 5JN
Received 9 Jan 2026Site Of 7 South Street Deal CT14 7AW
Received 9 Jan 2026Citizens Advice Bureau The Cedars 26 Victoria Road Deal Kent
Received 9 Jan 2026Land To The West Of Meadow Lane Lower Street Eastry CT13 0JF
Received 9 Jan 2026Cemetery St John The Evangelist Church Church Cliff Kingsdown Kent
Received 12 Jan 2026346 Dover Road Walmer CT14 7NX
Received 11 Jan 2026O/S 20 Castle Avenue Dover CT16 1EZ
Received 10 Jan 2026Hillside Pommeus Lane Ripple Deal Kent CT14 8HZ
Received 12 Jan 20266 - 16 Canterbury Road Lydden Dover Kent CT15 7ER
Received 12 Jan 2026Street Record O/S 24 Kings Road Aylesham CT3 3HA
Received 12 Jan 2026Street Record O/S 78 Kings Road Aylesham CT3 3HA
Received 12 Jan 2026Street Record O/S 46 Kings Road Aylesham CT3 3HA
Received 12 Jan 20261A Helena Road Capel Le Ferne Folkestone Kent CT18 7LG
Received 12 Jan 2026Plough And Harrow Dover Road Tilmanstone CT14 0HX
Received 13 Jan 2026Records 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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