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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Discovery Park Ramsgate Road Sandwich CT13 9ND
Received 29 Apr 20266 Norfolk Towers Way Guston CT15 5FQ
Received 29 Apr 202645 Links Road Deal CT14 6QF
Received 29 Apr 2026Sibertswold Place 77 Church Hill Shepherdswell Dover Kent CT15 7NT
Received 29 Apr 202634 Admiralty Mews The Strand Walmer CT14 7AZ
Received 29 Apr 2026Unit 6 Crystal Business Centre Ramsgate Road Sandwich Kent CT13 9QX
Received 29 Apr 2026O/S 53 High Street Wingham CT3 1AA
Received 29 Apr 2026Dover Christ Church Academy Melbourne Avenue Dover CT16 2EG
Received 30 Apr 2026Lydden International Race Circuit Dumbrill Hill Wootton Canterbury Kent CT4 6ET
Received 30 Apr 20261 Longdane Cottages Deal Road Northbourne Deal Kent CT14 0LL
Received 30 Apr 2026The Sir Norman Wisdom 16 - 18 Queen Street Deal Kent CT14 6ET
Received 30 Apr 2026Woodbine 11 Victoria Road Deal Kent CT14 7AS
Received 30 Apr 2026135 St Barts Road Sandwich Kent CT13 0AW
Received 30 Apr 202674A Archers Court Road Whitfield CT16 3HU
Received 30 Apr 2026Phase 3 Parcel 1 Land For Aylesham Village Expansion North Of Dorman Avenue North Aylesham Kent
Received 1 May 20264 Briar Close Aylesham CT3 3BQ
Received 1 May 2026Land Rear Of 54 To 58 Blenheim Road Deal Kent
Received 1 May 2026Winthorpe House Kingsdown Road Walmer CT14 7LL
Received 1 May 2026Sunnyside Cottages Marshborough Road Marshborough CT13 0PF
Received 1 May 2026Factory, Envirograf House Pie Factory Road Barfrestone Kent
Received 1 May 202614 Capel Street Capel Le Ferne CT18 7JP
Received 4 May 2026The Old Coach House Grams Road Walmer Deal Kent CT14 7NT
Received 4 May 202682 Dover Road Sandwich CT13 0BY
Received 5 May 2026Uplands Farm Meggett Lane Alkham Dover CT15 7DG
Received 5 May 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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