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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Glandoran Queensdown Road Kingsdown CT14 8EF
Received 28 Jul 20267 Green Meadows Eythorne CT15 4GP
Received 29 Jul 2026Former Royal Marines South Barracks Canada Road Walmer
Received 29 Jul 2026St Marys Residential Home 7 - 8 Eastbrook Place Maison Dieu Road Dover Kent CT16 1RP
Received 29 Jul 2026St Georges House North Road Sandwich Bay Sandwich CT13 9PJ
Received 29 Jul 2026Hope Cottage 1 Hope Court High Street St Margarets At Cliffe CT15 6FB
Received 29 Jul 2026Land South West Of Seaways Bay Hill St Margarets Bay CT15 6DU
Received 29 Jul 2026The Old Vicarage Alkham Valley Road Alkham CT15 7BX
Received 29 Jul 2026Land South West Of London Road Deal
Received 29 Jul 2026Land South West Of London Road Deal
Received 29 Jul 2026Land South West Of London Road Deal
Received 29 Jul 2026Land East Side Of Short Lane Alkham Kent
Received 29 Jul 2026Land South West Of London Road Deal
Received 29 Jul 2026Land South West Of London Road Deal
Received 29 Jul 2026Land South West Of Sholden Drive Sandwich Road Sholden Kent
Received 29 Jul 2026Peacock House Hull Place Sholden CT14 0AQ
Received 30 Jul 2026Telephone Box Outside 15 High Street Deal
Received 30 Jul 2026Telephone Box Outside 15 High Street Deal
Received 30 Jul 2026Worth Farm The Street Worth Deal Kent CT14 0DF
Received 30 Jul 2026St Marys Residential Home 7 - 8 Eastbrook Place Maison Dieu Road Dover Kent CT16 1RP
Received 30 Jul 202618 Griffin Street Deal CT14 6LH
Received 31 Jul 202618 Griffin Street Deal CT14 6LH
Received 31 Jul 2026O/S 60 Lower Road Temple Ewell CT16 3DY
Received 31 Jul 2026The Estate Office Home Farm Waldershare Park Waldershare CT15 5BB
Received 31 Jul 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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