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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Poplar Drive Deal CT14 9ZG
Received 30 Jan 202649 Tormore Park Deal CT14 9UR
Received 30 Jan 2026Walletts Court Dover Road Westcliffe Dover Kent CT15 6EW
Received 30 Jan 2026Capel Court Park New Dover Road Capel Le Ferne CT18 7AZ
Received 30 Jan 2026Sherrys Farm Church Lane Stourmouth CT3 1HS
Received 31 Jan 2026Church Farm The Street Staple CT3 1LN
Received 2 Feb 2026Land Rear Of Horseshoe Cottages Mongeham Road Great Mongeham CT14 9LJ
Received 2 Feb 202666 Nursery Lane Whitfield CT16 3EX
Received 1 Feb 20262 Crown Cottages The Street Eythorne CT15 4BG
Received 1 Feb 2026Footpath Field Staple Road Wingham Kent
Received 2 Feb 2026Carfrae Upper Street Kingsdown Deal CT14 8DT
Received 2 Feb 2026Eastry Court Farm Church Street Eastry Kent
Received 2 Feb 2026St Ledger Cottage The Street Worth Deal Kent CT14 0DE
Received 2 Feb 202616 Bowling Green Lane Deal CT14 9UB
Received 3 Feb 2026Griffin Cottage 24 Upper Strand Street Sandwich Kent CT13 9EL
Received 3 Feb 2026Grangewood 103 Kingsdown Road Walmer Deal Kent CT14 8BL
Received 3 Feb 20261 Royal Buildings The Strand Walmer Deal Kent CT14 7HD
Received 3 Feb 2026The Poplars Barnsole Road Staple CT3 1LE
Received 3 Feb 2026Brickfield House Willow Woods Road Little Mongeham Deal Kent CT14 0HR
Received 4 Feb 2026The Stock Yard Padbrook Lane Elmstone CT3 1HF
Received 4 Feb 202623 Cowdray Square Deal CT14 9ES
Received 4 Feb 2026Existing Barn Land South Of Nash Road Nash CT3 1JR
Received 4 Feb 2026Charnwood 71 Archers Court Road Whitfield CT16 3HT
Received 4 Feb 2026The Hollies 20 Wigmore Lane Eythorne CT15 4AW
Received 4 Feb 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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