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Dover planning applications
1,897 applications. 93% approved. 55 days to decide.
As of August 2026, PlanIndex holds 1,897 planning applications from Dover. 1,083 were decided in the trailing 12 months, with 93% of clear-cut outcomes approved.
Latest applications
Data to August 2026
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26/00570 Awaiting decision
O/S 60 Lower Road Temple Ewell CT16 3DY
Regulation 5 (The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and restrictions) (Amendment) Regulations 2017) notification for the installation of a 9m medium pole
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LCON/22/01380/A Awaiting decision
St Marys Residential Home 7 - 8 Eastbrook Place Maison Dieu Road Dover Kent CT16 1RP
Discharge of condition 2 (Details of relevant works) pursuant to application 22/01380 Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) of Listed Building Consent DOV/19/01365 (Internal & external alterations to facilitate the change of use to 18 residential units (6 maisonettes, 7 flats, 3 townhouses and 2 cottages (conversion of existing outbuildings), including removal of external fire escape stair, balconies & canopy. Internal demolition of modern partitions, erection of new internal partitions to facilitate subdivision, vertical sub-division to facilitate 3 townhouse and 6 maisonettes, insertion of new staircases, 2no. entrance doors, dropping of 1no. window cil to create door to provide access to roof terrace. Replace 3no door openings with windows to South West elevation. Replace window with door & door with window on South East elevation) to allow internal alterations, including alterations to the layout and configuration of proposed maisonettes and flats to facilitate change of use to 15 residential units (5 maisonettes, 5 flats, 3 town houses, 2 cottages),1 building management unit and storage provision (conversion of existing buildings), retention of external fire escape, alterations to 2no. windows, omission of erection of 2 cottages at rear, and relocation of refuse and cycle store (amended details)
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LCON/26/00358/A Awaiting decision
Worth Farm The Street Worth Deal Kent CT14 0DF
Discharge of condition 3a (details of flue), 3b (details of windows & doors) pursuant to application 26/00358 Internal works: replacement of flooring and installation of underfloor heating, raising of floor level in dining room, creation of vaulted ceiling and introduction of insulation, insertion of wood burner, removal of existing and insertion of new partitions, insertion of 3no internal doors and creation of ensuite. External works include: infill of 1no opening and replacement of 6no windows and 2no French doors on Front elevation.
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CON/22/01381/A Awaiting decision
St Marys Residential Home 7 - 8 Eastbrook Place Maison Dieu Road Dover Kent CT16 1RP
Discharge of condition 4 (landscaping) pursuant to application 22/01381 Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission DOV/19/01364 (Change of use of St Marys Residential home from care home (C2) to residential (C3) to create 18 residential units, (6 maisonettes, 7 flats, 3 town houses, and 2 cottages (conversion of existing buildings) and for the erection of 2 cottages at rear (total 20 units), landscaping, re-provision of parking and turning area, external alterations and other associated works) (S73) to allow reduction in number of residential units, alterations to internal layout and configuration of flats and maisonettes to create 15 residential units (5 maisonettes, 5 flats, 3 town houses, 2 cottages), 1 building management unit and storage provision (conversion of existing buildings), retention of external fire escape, alteration to 2 windows, omission of erection of 2 cottages at rear, relocation of refuse and cycle storage and discharge of condition 19 (sound insultation) (amended details)
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CON/22/00652/T Awaiting decision
Land South West Of London Road Deal
Discharge of condition 22 (CMP) pursuant to application 22/00652 - Outline application for the erection of up to 155 dwellings with associated parking and means of access (all matters reserved except for access)
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CON/22/00652/W Awaiting decision
Land South West Of London Road Deal
Discharge of condition 11 (tree and hedge protection) pursuant to application 22/00652 - Outline application for the erection of up to 155 dwellings with associated parking and means of access (all matters reserved except for access)
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TC/26/00102 Awaiting decision
The Old Vicarage Alkham Valley Road Alkham CT15 7BX
Work to trees in a conservation area
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CON/24/01085/E Awaiting decision
Land East Side Of Short Lane Alkham Kent
Discharge of condition 18 (Vertification report) pursuant to application 24/01085 - Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 23/00546 for the "erection of 8 dwellings with associated access and landscaping" to allow a single garage to plot 7 and a double garage to plot 8
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CON/22/00652/V Awaiting decision
Land South West Of London Road Deal
Discharge of condition 16 (surface water drainage scheme) pursuant to application 22/00652 - Outline application for the erection of up to 155 dwellings with associated parking and means of access (all matters reserved except for access)
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CON/22/00652/U Awaiting decision
Land South West Of London Road Deal
Discharge of condition 12 (Method Statement) pursuant to application 22/00652 - Outline application for the erection of up to 155 dwellings with associated parking and means of access (all matters reserved except for access)
Recent decisions
Data to August 2026
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26/00468 Granted
11-33 & 34-54 Royal Victoria Place Maison Dieu Place Dover Kent CT16 1BF
Regulation 5 (The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and restrictions) (Amendment) Regulations 2017) notification for the installation of fixed line broadband apparatus.
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26/00417 Granted
Enmedio 113A Middle Street Deal Kent CT14 6JW
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for the installation of solar panels and battery inverter
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26/00515 Granted
Capel Bungalow Hurst Lane Capel Le Ferne CT18 7EZ
Erection of an outbuilding
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26/00511 Granted
135 Dover Road Sandwich CT13 0DA
Erection of a single storey rear extension, alterations to doors/windows, insertion of a rooflight and installation of a carport canopy (existing conservatory to be demolished)
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26/00512 Granted
2B Oswald Passage Dover CT17 0XQ
Conversion into 2 self-contained flats including alterations to windows and doors
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26/00564 Withdrawn
127 Beach Street Deal CT14 6JJ
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) works to a listed building for external works including: repair of lime render, repair of timber cladding, repainting and repair and repainting of sash windows, and for internal works including: removal of modern plasterboard and replacement with lime plaster, repair of floorboards and replacement of kitchen units.
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26/00202 Granted
Ripplebank House Chapel Lane Ripple CT14 8JG
Overall crown reduction by 2 metres and crown raise to 4 metres of one Silver Birch the subject of Tree Preservation Order No 17 of 2021.
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26/00501 Granted
1 Alderden Cottage Hawksdown Road Walmer CT14 7PW
To crown reduce 1 x Horse Chestnut by approximately 4 metres in overall height and reduce the lateral branch spread by approximately 3 metres. Tree Preservation Order 6 of 2008
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CON/18/01283/HH Granted
Land At Mansion Gardens Whitfield Kent
Discharge of condition 3 (materials) pursuant to application 18/01283 Erection of a 4 storey multi use 'campus' building, a factory unit, 2 detached dwelling houses, erectionof 2no. side extensions and continued use of boarding accommodation, parking spaces, hard and soft landscaping and attenuation ponds for use of land as a Life Campus (existing buildings No. 1,2, 3 and 4 to be demolished)
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CON/24/01050/T Granted
Land South West Of Sholden Drive Sandwich Road Sholden Kent
Discharge of condition 5 (Refuse and recycling storage) pursuant to application 24/01050 Reserved matters application pursuant to outline application 22/00652 for the details of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale, and discharge of conditions 6 and 13 for phase 2A, for the erection of 81 dwellings, car parking and infrastructure
The full record
Decisions between 2021 and 2026
PlanIndex holds 1,402 decisions from Dover between 2021 and 2026, part of 1,897 applications on record. Over that period 93% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals, 1,237 granted against 93 refused. The busiest single year was 2026, with 845 applications recorded.
The trailing-year figures above track current activity. This record reaches back further, so a decision here may predate the online portal; each application still has its own page with the source link.
From the archive
Earliest records shown in full
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14/00361/C Granted
Land South Of Station Road Walmer CT14 7RH
Non-material amendment to planning permission 14/00361 (Erection of 223 dwellings (including 66 affordable units) together with associated vehicular access, car parking, landscaping and open space) to change the description to "The erection of a residential development together with associated vehicular access, carparking, landscaping and open space as amended by DOV/20/01224"
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21/00697 Granted
11 Prince Of Wales Terrace Deal CT14 7BE
Replacement of existing timber balcony framework to 4no flats
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21/00676 Granted
81 Sandwich Road Ash CT3 2AH
Erection of a two-storey rear extension and single storey rear extension (existing rear extension to be demolished)
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21/00636 Granted
1 Joyes Close Whitfield Dover Kent CT16 3LS
Erection of two storey rear and side extension
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CON/19/00218/B Granted
Agricultural Buildings Known As Newsole Farm Barn Singledge Lane Whitfield Kent
4 - Landscaping plan
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CON/19/00826/B Refused
Intex House Cooting Road Aylesham Kent CT3 3EP
4 - Contamination
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CON/18/00409/A Granted
Site At 1 Lucketts The Street Preston Kent
3 - Materials
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20/01187/A Granted
4 Aylesham Road Snowdown CT15 4JN
Non Material amendment to Increase extension by 0.3m
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21/00568 Granted
The Old Tilmanstone Colliery Pike Road Eythorne CT15 4ND
Erection of an industrial storage unit (existing storage containers to be removed)
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21/00289 Granted
9 Biggin Street Dover CT16 1BD
Display of 1no. internally illuminated fascia sign and 1no. non-illuminated fascia sign
Decision speed
12 months to August 2026, where both dates are published
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Within 8 weeks the statutory target for most applications 649 60%
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8 to 13 weeks the target band for major development 323 30%
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Over 13 weeks often extended by agreement 111 10%
Common questions
How many planning applications does Dover decide?
In the 12 months to August 2026, Dover decided 1083 planning applications. 93% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals.
How long does a planning decision take in Dover?
The median time from a planning application being received to a decision was 55 days over the 12 months to August 2026. Individual cases vary with complexity and consultation responses.
How many Dover decisions arrive within the eight week target?
Of the 1083 decisions in the 12 months to August 2026 where both dates are published, 60% came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 90% within thirteen weeks.
How many planning applications has Dover decided in total?
PlanIndex holds 1402 decisions from Dover between 2021 and 2026, out of 1,897 applications on record. Across that whole period 93% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals.
When is planning activity busiest in Dover?
December 2025 was the busiest month across the 12 months to August 2026, with 155 applications recorded. The monthly pattern is listed on this page.
How do I find a planning application by its reference number?
Every application indexed here has its own page at a stable address. Look the reference up in a search engine together with the council name, or browse the latest applications below. Each page shows the description, address, dates and decision as the council published them.
Cite these figures
Dover: 1,897 planning applications on record as of August 2026. Trailing 12 months: 1,083 decided, 93% approved, median 55 days to a decision. 1,538 new applications received in the same period. Decisions on record run between 2021 and 2026: 1,402 in total, 93% approved. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.