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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Electric House 43 Castle Street Dover Kent CT16 1PT
Received 19 Sept 2025Touchwood Hawksdown Walmer Deal Kent CT14 7PN
Received 21 Sept 2025Baypoint Club Ramsgate Road Sandwich Kent CT13 9QL
Received 22 Sept 202589 West Street Deal Kent CT14 6DZ
Received 22 Sept 202593 High Street Wingham Canterbury CT3 1DE
Received 22 Sept 20251 Ranelagh Road Deal Kent CT14 7BG
Received 23 Sept 2025Phase 2D.1 Land For Aylesham Village Expansion North Of Dorman Avenue North Aylesham
Received 23 Sept 2025Land On The East Side Of Cross Road Deal Kent
Received 23 Sept 2025Site At Betteshanger Sustainable Parks Betteshanger Road Betteshanger Kent
Received 24 Sept 2025Aston Mews Mill Lane Eastry Kent CT13 0JX
Received 24 Sept 2025The Barn Easole Street Nonington Dover CT15 4HG
Received 24 Sept 2025The Old Coach House Easole Street Nonington Dover CT15 4HG
Received 24 Sept 2025Well End Cottage Coldred Road Shepherdswell CT15 7LF
Received 24 Sept 2025Ringwould House Church Lane Ringwould Deal Kent CT14 8FD
Received 24 Sept 2025Power Station At Artillery Way Discovery Park Sandwich Kent
Received 25 Sept 2025White Hill 23 Salisbury Road St Margarets Bay Dover CT15 6DL
Received 25 Sept 202513 Farrier Street Deal Kent CT14 6JR
Received 25 Sept 2025Phase 1 Whitfield Urban Expansion Archers Court Road Whitfield Kent
Received 25 Sept 2025The Rookery Durlock Road Staple Canterbury Kent CT3 1JU
Received 25 Sept 2025134 - 135 Snargate Street Dover CT17 9DA
Received 25 Sept 2025Pumping Station Loop Street Sandwich
Received 25 Sept 2025Sun Valley Farm London Road Temple Ewell Dover Kent CT16 3DJ
Received 25 Sept 2025Site South Of Marlborough Road Deal
Received 25 Sept 2025Church Of The Sacred Heart Dover Road Walmer Kent
Received 25 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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