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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 Singledge Lane Whitfield Dover Kent CT16 3EJ
Received 19 May 202659A Westcourt Lane Shepherdswell Dover CT15 7PU
Received 19 May 2026Coach And Horses Lower Street Eastry CT13 0JF
Received 20 May 202631A High Street Sandwich Kent CT13 9EB
Received 20 May 202611 Chaucer Crescent Dover CT16 2DA
Received 20 May 202611 The Freedown St Margarets At Cliffe Dover Kent CT15 6BD
Received 20 May 202680 Strand Street Sandwich CT13 9HX
Received 20 May 2026Maple Nelson Park Road St Margarets At Cliffe Dover Kent CT15 6HL
Received 20 May 2026Woodstock Alkham Valley Road Alkham CT15 7BX
Received 21 May 2026Eastry Court Farm Cottages Church Street Eastry Kent
Received 21 May 2026Eastry Court Farm Cottages Church Street Eastry Kent
Received 21 May 20261 Wellington Road Deal CT14 7AL
Received 21 May 202660 Dorman Avenue North Aylesham CT3 3BW
Received 22 May 20267 King Street Sandwich CT13 9BT
Received 22 May 2026Channel House Channel View Road Dover CT17 9TJ
Received 22 May 2026Visitors Centre National Trust Langdon Cliffs CT16 1HJ
Received 22 May 2026Visitors Centre National Trust Langdon Cliffs Dover CT16 1HJ
Received 22 May 20263 The Ramparts Knightrider Street Sandwich CT13 9ER
Received 22 May 202644 Eythorne Road Shepherdswell Dover Kent CT15 7PG
Received 24 May 2026Vine Farm Parsonage Farm Road Marshborough Sandwich Kent CT13 0PG
Received 24 May 20262 St Marys Road Walmer CT14 7QA
Received 26 May 2026Visitors Centre National Trust Langdon Cliffs CT16 1HJ
Received 26 May 2026175 Middle Street Deal CT14 6LW
Received 26 May 2026Shop To Rear Of 11 Prince Of Wales Terrace Deal CT14 7BX
Received 26 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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