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95% of the 80 applications for building work Dover decided since August 2026 were approved; half were decided within 56 days. Plan Forecast, 5 November 2026.
Time to decide: half were decided within 56 days, counted from the day the application was valid (or received, where the register gives no valid date) over the 80 decisions with both dates.
Approval rates by type of work
- Rear extension 95% of 19 decisions, a small sample
- Garden room or outbuilding 100% of 16 decisions, a small sample
- Two-storey extension 87% of 15 decisions, a small sample
- Loft conversion or dormer 92% of 12 decisions, a small sample
- New dwelling in a garden too few to say 9 decisions
- Side extension too few to say 6 decisions
- Change of use too few to say 2 decisions
- Front porch too few to say 1 decisions
Before you apply
Whether the commonest kinds of work in Dover need planning permission at all, from the law itself, rule by rule.
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Check your project
Put a pin on your house, describe the work, and see it measured against each permitted development limit, with the clause it comes from. A guide, not a guarantee.
Where Dover stands
The government's own count, every kind of application together: a different question from the rates above, which are one kind of work at a time. Why the figures differ.
The long view
Recent decisions in Dover
Straight from the register. Addresses are reduced to the street here; the report you get names the property.
Warwick Road Walmer
RefusedChange of use and conversion to 12 self-contained flats to include a single storey rear extension, parking, refuse/cycle storage and 1.8 timber fencing (existing conservatory to be demolished)
Decided 4 November 2026 26/00502
South Avenue Snowdown
ApprovedErection of two storey dwellinghouse
Decided 4 November 2026 26/00838
Ripple
ApprovedChange of use of land to garden land and installation of ground-mounted solar panels
Decided 4 November 2026 26/00841
Questions people ask
What is Dover's planning approval rate?
95% of the 80 applications for building work Dover decided since August 2026 were approved, counting those that went one way or the other. It differs by kind of work.
What percentage of rear extension applications does Dover approve?
95% of rear extension applications decided by Dover were approved, over 19 decisions.
How many planning decisions does Plan Forecast hold for Dover?
273 decided applications, from August 2026 to November 2026, read from Dover's own planning register.
Is this Dover's planning website?
No. Plan Forecast is independent of Dover: we count the decisions on its public planning register. To look up, track or comment on an application, use Dover's own register, at publicaccess.dover.gov.uk.
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Figures are counts of published decisions, not planning advice. Every application is judged on its own merits. How these figures are made.