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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Manor House Cottage 179 Mongeham Road Great Mongeham CT14 9LR
Received 6 Aug 2026Little Close Church Street Eastry Sandwich Kent CT13 0HQ
Received 6 Aug 2026194 Coombe Valley Road Dover CT17 0HG
Received 6 Aug 202618 - 19 Market Square Dover CT16 1NX
Received 6 Aug 2026Uplands Farm Meggett Lane Alkham CT15 7DG
Received 6 Aug 2026Spinney Wood Spinney Lane Aylesham CT3 3EQ
Received 6 Aug 202684 Strand Street Sandwich Kent CT13 9HX
Received 6 Aug 2026The Coach House Langdon Abbey Abbey Road Langdon CT15 5HJ
Received 7 Aug 2026The Coach House Langdon Abbey Abbey Road Langdon CT15 5HJ
Received 7 Aug 2026Albany Place Car Park Albany Place Dover CT17 9AU
Received 7 Aug 2026Hare And Hounds The Street Northbourne CT14 0LG
Received 7 Aug 2026St Finbarrs R C Church Market Place Aylesham CT3 3EZ
Received 7 Aug 2026Heathland Barn Sandwich Road Eastry CT13 0DR
Received 7 Aug 2026Land South West Of Sholden Drive Sandwich Road Sholden Kent
Received 7 Aug 2026Duke Of York Brewers Fayre Jubilee Way Guston CT15 5FD
Received 10 Aug 202698 High Street Wingham Canterbury Kent CT3 1BU
Received 10 Aug 2026Whitefriars 34 New Street Sandwich Kent CT13 9AB
Received 8 Aug 2026The Stables Great Knell Farm Knell Lane Ash CT3 2ED
Received 9 Aug 2026Former Royal Marines South Barracks Canada Road Walmer Kent
Received 9 Aug 202674 The Strand Walmer CT14 7DL
Received 10 Aug 2026Spa Cottage Hangmans Lane Ringwould Deal Kent CT14 8HW
Received 10 Aug 2026Outside 30 Trinity Place Deal Kent
Received 10 Aug 2026Land At Molland Farm Molland Lane Ash CT3 2HX
Received 11 Aug 2026Telecommunication Mast Waterworks Lane Martin CT15 5JW
Received 11 Aug 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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