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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ladywell Annexe Ladywell Dover Kent
Received 13 May 2026Ladywell Annexe Ladywell Dover
Received 13 May 202681 Woodnesborough Road Sandwich CT13 0AB
Received 13 May 2026Heatherstone House Hawksdown Walmer CT14 7PN
Received 14 May 202647 - 51 London Road Deal Kent CT14 9TF
Received 14 May 2026New House Front Street Ringwould Deal Kent CT14 8HP
Received 14 May 2026New House Front Street Ringwould Deal Kent CT14 8HP
Received 14 May 2026Site Of Hillside Pommeus Lane Ripple Kent
Received 14 May 202674 Archers Court Road Whitfield Dover Kent CT16 3HU
Received 14 May 202612 St Georges Road Deal CT14 6BA
Received 14 May 202654 Albert Road Deal CT14 9RB
Received 14 May 2026Osborne House Hawksdown Walmer CT14 7PH
Received 14 May 2026Animal Farm Mill Road Staple CT3 1LB
Received 15 May 2026Side Of 1 Wolfe Court Canada Road Walmer CT14 7UA
Received 15 May 2026Site At Betteshanger Sustainable Parks Betteshanger Road Betteshanger CT14 0EN
Received 15 May 2026Sandwich Tennis Club Sandown Road Sandwich Kent CT13 9JZ
Received 15 May 20263 The Ramparts Knightrider Street Sandwich Kent CT13 9ER
Received 18 May 2026Overland Farm Overland Lane Ash CT3 2LF
Received 18 May 2026Land South Of Kedleston Road And East Of Honeywood Parkway White Cliffs Business Park Whitfield
Received 18 May 2026Street Record Coombe Road Hougham Kent
Received 18 May 202673 Balmoral Road Kingsdown Deal CT14 8BY
Received 19 May 2026Mulberry Lodge Stoneheap Bottom Road Little Mongeham Deal CT14 0HS
Received 19 May 202647 - 51 London Road Deal CT14 9TF
Received 19 May 2026Delf Stream House The Butts Sandwich Kent CT13 9HQ
Received 19 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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