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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1,742 approved · 156 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Hylda 16 Wigmore Lane Eythorne CT15 4AW
Received 1 Sept 202686 Mongeham Road Great Mongeham CT14 9PD
Received 2 Sept 2026O/S 15 Attlee Avenue Aylesham
Received 2 Sept 2026The Chapter House School Lane Wingham CT3 1BD
Received 2 Sept 202676 Mongeham Road Great Mongeham Deal CT14 9PD
Received 2 Sept 2026Manwood Lodge Sandown Road Sandwich CT13 9LA
Received 3 Sept 2026Play Padel Club Tides Leisure Centre Park Avenue Deal CT14 9UU
Received 3 Sept 20262 Coxhill Gardens River CT17 0PY
Received 3 Sept 2026Oakfield House High Street Wingham CT3 1BU
Received 3 Sept 2026Land South West Of London Road Deal
Received 3 Sept 2026O/S 1 Selkirk Road Dover CT16 2RT
Received 4 Sept 202659 Guilton Ash CT3 2HR
Received 4 Sept 2026Bartlemas 7 Dover Road Sandwich CT13 0BH
Received 4 Sept 2026Bosuns Cottage 15 Oak Street Deal CT14 6JG
Received 4 Sept 2026145 St Davids Avenue Dover CT17 9HH
Received 7 Sept 2026Land To The Side Of 12 South Avenue Snowdown Dover CT15 4JW
Received 5 Sept 2026Unit 6 To 7 Menzies Road White Cliffs Business Park Whitfield CT16 2HQ
Received 7 Sept 2026Crossways Winklands Oaks Lane Ripple CT14 8HY
Received 7 Sept 202621 Market Street Sandwich CT13 9DA
Received 7 Sept 2026Green Oak Farm Statenborough Lane Eastry CT13 0DJ
Received 7 Sept 20261 The Ramparts Knightrider Street Sandwich CT13 9ER
Received 7 Sept 202629 Squires Way Dover CT16 2DB
Received 7 Sept 2026Nahanie House Church Road Coldred Dover CT15 5AQ
Received 8 Sept 2026Sunny Bank 48 Cowper Road River CT17 0PJ
Received 8 Sept 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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