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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Rear Of 2 And 4 Green Lane Eythorne CT15 4DD
Received 25 Mar 2026Over The Moon Moon Hill Shepherdswell CT15 7LL
Received 25 Mar 2026Each Manor Farm Each End Ash CT3 2BY
Received 25 Mar 202648 Markland Road Dover CT17 9LY
Received 25 Mar 202687 London Road Dover CT17 0SH
Received 26 Mar 202640 High Street Deal CT14 6HE
Received 26 Mar 202611F The Square High Street Wingham CT3 1TQ
Received 26 Mar 202611D The Square High Street Wingham CT3 1TQ
Received 26 Mar 2026Eastry Mews High Street Eastry CT13 0QA
Received 26 Mar 2026138 New Dover Road Capel Le Ferne CT18 7LF
Received 26 Mar 202630 Lydia Road Deal CT14 9JX
Received 27 Mar 2026169 Dover Road Walmer CT14 7NB
Received 27 Mar 2026Substation Sandwich Industrial Estate Ramsgate Road Sandwich
Received 27 Mar 2026Thrift House 1A Short Street Sandwich CT13 9BN
Received 27 Mar 2026Little Court Sandown Road Sandwich CT13 9NT
Received 27 Mar 2026267 St Radigunds Road Dover CT17 0LD
Received 27 Mar 2026Sandwich Technology School Deal Road Sandwich CT13 0FA
Received 27 Mar 2026Chequer Court Knell Lane Ash CT3 2EF
Received 28 Mar 2026The Bench 15 Bench Street Dover Kent CT16 1JW
Received 30 Mar 2026Harbour House Waterloo Crescent Dover CT17 9BU
Received 30 Mar 20266 Apple Tree Gardens Walmer CT14 7US
Received 30 Mar 2026Flat 1 Benmore 20 Marine Road Walmer CT14 7DN
Received 30 Mar 202614 Ardent Avenue Walmer CT14 7UE
Received 30 Mar 202649 The Strand Walmer Deal Kent CT14 7DX
Received 31 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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