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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Harold Street Dover Kent CT16 1SF
Received 8 May 202611 Bewsbury Cross Lane Whitfield CT16 3HB
Received 8 May 2026The Barn Land Behind Nos. 32-34 The Street Sholden CT14 0AL
Received 8 May 202612 King Street Deal Kent CT14 6HX
Received 8 May 2026Land East Of 64 Old Dover Road Capel Le Ferne CT18 7HW
Received 10 May 202643 The Street Ash Canterbury Kent CT3 2EN
Received 11 May 2026St George Updown Road Ham Deal CT14 0EB
Received 11 May 2026Hare And Hounds The Street Northbourne CT14 0LG
Received 11 May 2026Kearsney Cafe Alkham Road Temple Ewell CT16 3DZ
Received 11 May 2026Ashen Tree House Ashen Tree Lane Dover Kent CT16 1QL
Received 11 May 202699 High Street Wingham Canterbury Kent CT3 1BU
Received 11 May 2026The Gables 3 St Georges Place Sandwich CT13 9LW
Received 11 May 2026The Gables 3 St Georges Place Sandwich CT13 9LW
Received 11 May 2026Wingham House Canterbury Road Wingham Canterbury Kent CT3 1BH
Received 11 May 2026Meadow Dene Coldred Hill Coldred Dover Kent CT15 5AH
Received 12 May 2026Apsley House Eight Acres West Hougham CT15 7AY
Received 12 May 2026Camp Site Eight Acres West Hougham CT15 7AY
Received 12 May 202615 Archers Court Road Whitfield CT16 3HP
Received 12 May 202664 Temple Side Temple Ewell CT16 3AY
Received 12 May 2026Land On The East Side Of High Street Eastry Kent
Received 12 May 2026118 & 116 Coombe Valley Road Dover CT17 0EX
Received 12 May 2026Land On The South Side Of Chapel Hill Eythorne CT15 4AY
Received 12 May 2026Boat House Russell Gardens Alkham Road Temple Ewell Kent
Received 13 May 2026Hadaways Cop Street Road Ash CT3 2DL
Received 13 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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