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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South Of St Mary Magdalane Church Canterbury Road Denton
Received 29 Jul 2025Car Park Woolcomber Street Dover Kent CT16 1QF
Received 29 Jul 2025Land To The Rear Of 437 And 439 Folkestone Road Dover Kent
Received 29 Jul 2025Star Cottage 106 Middle Street Deal CT14 6JW
Received 29 Jul 2025Canon House School Lane Wingham Canterbury CT3 1BD
Received 29 Jul 202595 The Street Ash Canterbury Kent CT3 2AD
Received 30 Jul 202512 Church Street Walmer Deal CT14 7RX
Received 30 Jul 2025Unit 51-52 Sandwich Industrial Estate Ramsgate Road Sandwich CT13 9LY
Received 30 Jul 2025St Marys Grove Cottage St Marys Grove Tilmanstone CT14 0JS
Received 31 Jul 2025Land Next To Whiteville Lawn Road Walmer CT14 7ND
Received 31 Jul 2025Land South East Of The Croft Ratling Road Aylesham CT3 3HL
Received 31 Jul 20252 New Cottages Ratling Road Aylesham CT3 3HL
Received 31 Jul 2025The Croft Ratling Road Aylesham CT3 3HL
Received 31 Jul 2025Dumbrill Hill & Shelvin Lane Wootton Kent
Received 31 Jul 2025The Robins Nest And The Badgers Set Park Side Wootton CT4 6RR
Received 31 Jul 2025The Cottage Manwood House Paradise Row Sandwich Kent CT13 9HU
Received 31 Jul 2025North Court Plantation Dover Road Tilmanstone CT14 0JU
Received 1 Aug 2025Section 192 West Beach The Warren Warren Bay Road Folkestone
Received 31 Jul 2025Brompton House The Street Guston CT15 5ET
Received 1 Aug 2025Site Of 7 South Street Deal Kent
Received 1 Aug 202591 Laburnum Avenue Sandwich CT13 0AU
Received 1 Aug 202512 High Street Deal CT14 7AE
Received 1 Aug 2025Eastry Court Farm Church Street Eastry Kent
Received 1 Aug 2025Eastry Court Farm Church Street Eastry Kent
Received 1 Aug 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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