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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjoining Sun Cottage Station Road Martin Mill Kent
Received 26 May 2026112 Milner Crescent Aylesham CT3 3BJ
Received 27 May 202652 New Street Ash CT3 2BN
Received 27 May 2026Land East Of The Courtyard Durlock Road Staple Kent
Received 27 May 2026Ripplebank House Chapel Lane Ripple CT14 8JG
Received 27 May 2026Land Next To Whiteville Lawn Road Walmer CT14 7ND
Received 28 May 2026New House Farm Church Lane Stourmouth CT3 1HS
Received 28 May 2026Site At Betteshanger Sustainable Parks Betteshanger Road Betteshanger Kent
Received 28 May 2026Site At Betteshanger Sustainable Parks Betteshanger Road Betteshanger Kent
Received 28 May 20267 Trafalgar Drive Walmer CT14 7FL
Received 28 May 2026Vine Cottage Sandwich Road Eastry Sandwich Kent CT13 0DR
Received 28 May 20261 Alderden Cottage Hawksdown Road Walmer CT14 7PW
Received 28 May 2026Sonia Lodge 5 - 7 Warwick Road Walmer CT14 7JF
Received 30 May 2026Intex House Cooting Road Aylesham CT3 3EP
Received 30 May 2026Lower Rowling Farmhouse Rowling Road Goodnestone CT3 1PZ
Received 30 May 2026Land Adjacent To Beeches Farm Pike Road Tilmanstone Kent
Received 31 May 2026O/S Sandettie, Lime Tree Lodge, Beechwood, Northgate, Ashdon, Newlands & Glenview Hawksdown Walmer CT14 7PJ
Received 1 Jun 202668 The Street Ash CT3 2EW
Received 1 Jun 2026Winchelsea Works Winchelsea Road Dover CT17 9SS
Received 1 Jun 20267 Russell Street Dover CT16 1PX
Received 2 Jun 20267 Russell Street Dover CT16 1PX
Received 2 Jun 2026The Shrubbery Farm Eastry Bypass Sandwich CT13 0DQ
Received 2 Jun 202620 Common Lane River Dover Kent CT17 0RA
Received 2 Jun 2026135 Dover Road Sandwich CT13 0DA
Received 2 Jun 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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