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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Ringwould House Church Lane Ringwould Deal CT14 8FD
Received 9 Mar 2026Derring Court Goodnestone Road Chillenden CT3 1QE
Received 9 Mar 2026Land On The South Side Of Chapel Hill Eythorne CT15 4AY
Received 9 Mar 202644 Woodnesborough Road Sandwich CT13 0AB
Received 10 Mar 2026191 Beach Street Deal Kent CT14 6LY
Received 10 Mar 2026Land South Of Staple Road Wingham CT3 1LX
Received 10 Mar 2026The Larch, Nursery Beacon Lane Woodnesborough CT13 0PB
Received 10 Mar 202616 Wellington Road Deal CT14 7AL
Received 10 Mar 2026Westbury House 2 Blenheim Road Deal CT14 7DB
Received 11 Mar 2026Kearsney Cafe Alkham Road Temple Ewell CT16 3DZ
Received 11 Mar 2026St Radigunds Abbey Farm Abbey Road Dover Kent CT15 7DL
Received 11 Mar 2026The Barn At Lodge Farm Padbrook Lane Elmstone Kent
Received 12 Mar 2026Castle Knoll Connaught Road Dover CT16 1HH
Received 12 Mar 2026South Court Garage Mongeham Road Great Mongeham CT14 9LL
Received 11 Mar 2026Land At The Corner Of Townwall Street And Woolcomber Street Dover CT16 1QF
Received 12 Mar 2026Former Eastry Hospital Mill Lane Eastry Kent
Received 12 Mar 2026Hart Cottage Abbey Road Langdon CT15 5HN
Received 12 Mar 202610 High Street Sandwich Kent CT13 9EB
Received 16 Mar 202610 High Street Sandwich Kent CT13 9EB
Received 16 Mar 202611 St Richards Road Deal CT14 9JR
Received 16 Mar 2026Play Area Kearsney Abbey Alkham Road Temple Ewell Kent
Received 16 Mar 2026Play Area Kearsney Abbey Alkham Road Temple Ewell Kent
Received 16 Mar 2026Land South Of Coastal View Beach Huts Promenade Walmer Kent
Received 16 Mar 2026191 Beach Street Deal CT14 6LY
Received 16 Mar 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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