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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coastguard Mews Bay Hill St Margarets Bay CT15 6DU
Received 6 Aug 202512 King Street Deal Kent CT14 6HX
Received 6 Aug 2025Land Known As The Ponderosa Dog Field Northwall Road Deal Kent
Received 6 Aug 2025Land Adjacent To Claremont Terrace Sandwich Road Woodnesborough CT13 0LY
Received 6 Aug 2025Land Rear Of 101 To 107 Station Road Walmer Kent
Received 6 Aug 2025Lydden International Race Circuit Dumbrill Hill Wootton Canterbury CT4 6ET
Received 7 Aug 2025Telecommunication Mast Waterworks Lane Martin Kent
Received 7 Aug 2025Dover Castle Castle Hill Road Dover CT16 1HU
Received 7 Aug 2025Former Park Avenue Nursery Park Avenue Deal CT14 9UU
Received 7 Aug 2025Great Selson Farm Selson Lane Eastry Sandwich Kent CT13 0EF
Received 7 Aug 202573 Victoria Road Deal Kent CT14 7BA
Received 7 Aug 202596 Manor Road Deal CT14 9DB
Received 8 Aug 2025Discovery Park Ramsgate Road Sandwich CT13 9ND
Received 8 Aug 2025127 Capel Street Capel Le Ferne Folkestone Kent CT18 7HA
Received 9 Aug 202520 Archers Court Road Whitfield CT16 3HP
Received 11 Aug 2025Eastry Court Farm Church Street Eastry Kent
Received 11 Aug 202560 Dorman Avenue North Aylesham CT3 3BW
Received 12 Aug 202537 St Leonards Road Deal CT14 9AU
Received 12 Aug 2025Minters Yard Ramsgate Road Sandwich CT13 9LY
Received 12 Aug 2025Wingham Wildlife Park Rusham Road Shatterling Canterbury CT3 1JL
Received 12 Aug 2025New House Front Street Ringwould Deal CT14 8HP
Received 12 Aug 2025Shatterling Cottage Roman Road Shatterling Canterbury CT3 1JR
Received 12 Aug 2025Northcote Northcote Road Kingsdown Deal Kent CT14 8EQ
Received 12 Aug 2025Unit 7 Marlborough Road Industrial Estate Marlborough Road Deal CT14 9LE
Received 13 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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