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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Casa De Dalores 8 Dolphin Street Deal CT14 6LX
Received 13 Apr 202657 St Barts Road Sandwich CT13 0BQ
Received 13 Apr 2026Garage Blocks Bowling Street Sandwich CT13 9EZ
Received 14 Apr 2026Heronden House Heronden Road Eastry CT13 0ET
Received 14 Apr 2026Griffins Head Griffin Hill Chillenden CT3 1PS
Received 14 Apr 2026Griffins Head Griffin Hill Chillenden CT3 1PS
Received 14 Apr 2026Belgrave Court 2 - 3 The Beach Walmer CT14 7HE
Received 14 Apr 2026National Trust Land At The White Cliffs Langdon Cliffs Dover CT16 1HJ
Received 14 Apr 2026White Cliffs Business Park - Phase 4 Land Off Dover Road CT15 5EJ
Received 15 Apr 2026Stuart House 38 Delf Street Sandwich CT13 9HD
Received 15 Apr 2026Stuart House 38 Delf Street Sandwich CT13 9HD
Received 15 Apr 2026Land Rear Of 235 And 237 Telegraph Road Deal CT14 9DX
Received 15 Apr 2026Former Playground North Military Road Dover CT17 9BQ
Received 15 Apr 2026O/S Kwik-Fit Cherry Tree Avenue Dover Kent
Received 15 Apr 2026Sholden Hall Residential Home London Road Sholden CT14 0AB
Received 15 Apr 202633A Sandwich Road Ash CT3 2AF
Received 16 Apr 20261 Stonar Close Sandwich CT13 9LH
Received 15 Apr 2026Hadaways Cop Street Road Ash CT3 2DL
Received 16 Apr 2026Richborough Energy Park (Part Of Former Richborough Power Station) Ramsgate Road Sandwich CT13 9NL
Received 16 Apr 2026Richborough Energy Park (Part Of Former Richborough Power Station) Ramsgate Road Sandwich CT13 9NL
Received 16 Apr 2026The Lydden Bell 81 Canterbury Road Lydden Dover CT15 7EX
Received 16 Apr 202656 High Street Deal CT14 6HE
Received 16 Apr 20261 Courtland Drive Kearsney Dover CT16 3BX
Received 17 Apr 2026Solton Manor Solton Lane East Langdon CT15 5JB
Received 17 Apr 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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