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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Tormore Park Deal CT14 9UY
Received 2 Sept 20256 The Lanes Queens Road Ash CT3 2AQ
Received 2 Sept 20255 Windermere Gardens Aylesham CT3 3HY
Received 2 Sept 202584 - 86 London Road Dover CT17 0SH
Received 3 Sept 2025Land North East Of Branscombe Cottage Station Road St Margarets At Cliffe Kent
Received 3 Sept 2025Land West Of Matthews Close And East Of Southwall Road Deal Kent
Received 3 Sept 202535 The Linces Dover CT16 2BQ
Received 3 Sept 2025Capel Court Park New Dover Road Capel Le Ferne CT18 7AZ
Received 4 Sept 2025Phase 1 Whitfield Urban Expansion Archers Court Road Whitfield Kent
Received 4 Sept 2025Former Royal Marines South Barracks Canada Road Walmer Kent
Received 4 Sept 2025Annexe 40 Canterbury Road Lydden CT15 7ER
Received 5 Sept 2025Uplands Farm Meggett Lane Alkham CT15 7DG
Received 5 Sept 2025Communication Mast Honeywood Road White Cliffs Business Park Whitfield
Received 5 Sept 20252 Roman Close Deal Kent CT14 9XJ
Received 5 Sept 202576 Minnis Lane River Dover CT17 0PT
Received 5 Sept 2025Land South West Of Trystar Ellens Road Deal
Received 5 Sept 2025Woodbine Cottage Coombe Lane Ash Canterbury CT3 2BS
Received 8 Sept 202512 Bowling Green Lane Deal CT14 9UB
Received 8 Sept 2025South Foreland Cottage Foreland Road St Margarets Bay Dover CT15 6EB
Received 8 Sept 2025152 High Street Deal CT14 6BG
Received 8 Sept 2025123 Mill Hill Deal CT14 9JB
Received 8 Sept 20252 Lower Rowling Farm Cottages Rowling Road Goodnestone CT3 1PZ
Received 8 Sept 2025Kings End Farm Richborough Road Richborough Sandwich CT13 9JH
Received 8 Sept 2025The Croft Moat Lane Ash CT3 2DG
Received 9 Sept 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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