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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
276 Middle Deal Road Deal CT14 9SW
Received 19 Jan 2026St James Church The Street Staple CT3 1LN
Received 19 Jan 2026Former Eastry Hospital Mill Lane Eastry Kent
Received 20 Jan 2026Former Eastry Hospital Mill Lane Eastry Kent
Received 20 Jan 20266 Jarvist Place Kingsdown Deal Kent CT14 8AL
Received 20 Jan 2026Porch House The Street Denton Canterbury Kent CT4 6QZ
Received 20 Jan 2026Corking Farm Overland Lane Ash CT3 2LF
Received 20 Jan 2026Temple Ewell Nursing Home Wellington Road Temple Ewell CT16 3DB
Received 20 Jan 202626 Singledge Avenue Whitfield Dover CT16 3LQ
Received 20 Jan 2026Ripple Lodge Chapel Lane Ripple Deal CT14 8JG
Received 20 Jan 2026Loganberry Farm Minnis Lane River CT15 7DN
Received 21 Jan 2026Cour-Jardin Glebe Close St Margarets At Cliffe Dover Kent CT15 6AF
Received 16 Jan 2026Land To The North East Of Balmoral Road Kingsdown Kent
Received 21 Jan 202640 Guilford Avenue Whitfield CT16 3NG
Received 21 Jan 2026Lower Rowling Farmhouse Rowling Road Goodnestone CT3 1PZ
Received 21 Jan 2026Land South West Of Sholden Drive Sandwich Road Sholden Kent
Received 20 Jan 2026Dover Marina Hotel And Spa Waterloo Crescent Dover CT17 9BP
Received 21 Jan 2026Dover Marina Hotel And Spa Waterloo Crescent Dover CT17 9BP
Received 21 Jan 2026O/S 60 Hyde Place Aylesham Kent
Received 21 Jan 2026Land South West Of Sholden Drive Sandwich Road Sholden Kent
Received 20 Jan 2026Fairlight 68 Wellington Parade Walmer Deal Kent CT14 8AB
Received 21 Jan 2026The Bench 15 Bench Street Dover CT16 1JW
Received 21 Jan 2026Osborne House Hawksdown Walmer CT14 7PH
Received 22 Jan 2026The Dial House 23 St Margarets Road St Margarets Bay Dover Kent CT15 6EQ
Received 20 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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