Dover District Local Plan to 2040 (Adopted October 2024)
The Dover District Local Plan was adopted on 16th October 2024. It sets out the policies and plans to guide future development to 2040. It is used to determine planning applications in the District and replaces the Core Strategy (2010), the Land Allocations Plan (2015) and ‘saved’ policies in the Dover District Local Plan (2002).
Adopted Dover District Local Plan to 2040
The Dover District Local Plan to 2040 sets out a vision, strategic priorities and spatial planning policy framework for the development in the district. It positively plans for future development and infrastructure requirements to meet the needs of Dover District’s communities and will be used to determine all planning applications submitted to the Council.
The Local Plan Policies Map (NB. Links to policies within the map are currently being updated and may take you to a previous version of Plan (23.10.24) shows the site allocations, policy and other designations of the District.
Dover District Local Plan to 2040 (high resolution for download 87.44 MB)
Dover District Local Plan to 2040 (Accessible Format - low resolution 7.69 Mb)
Supporting Documents
Adoption Statement
Sustainability Appraisal Adoption Statement
Sustainability Appraisal Report (including Strategic Environmental Assessment)
Habitats Regulations Assessment – Regulation 19 HRA Updated 2024
Inspectors’ Report
Inspector’s Report Appendix – Schedule of Main Modifications
Equalities Impact Assessment
Other evidence and background documents which supported Local Plan preparation
Local Plan Examination
The Dover District Local Plan was subject to examination. Further information can be found here.
Regulation 19 Submission Local Plan
The Regulation 19 Submission Local Plan sets out the vision, strategic objectives and overarching development strategy for future growth in the District over the period to 2040.
The Regulation 19 Submission Local Plan was published for public consultation for 7 weeks from the 21st of October to the 9th of December 2022. The below documents where available throughout the consultation period for interested parties:
For more information view the Part 2 of the Regulation 22 Consultation Statement. This can be found on the Examination Documents Page.
Alongside the Local Plan the following documents where are also open for public consultation at the same time:
- Sustainability Appraisal of the Dover District Local Plan
- Habitats Regulation Assessment on the Dover district Local Plan
- Infrastructure Delivery Plan Draft for Consultation 2022
Settlement Maps
Regulation 19 Local Plan Submission Settlement Maps.
Settlement maps set out a summary of the sites proposed for development in the Regulation 19 Submission Local Plan, including a summary of the findings of the Housing and Employment Land Availability Assessment 2022 and how sites have been selected for allocation.
Regulation 19 Evidence Base
The Evidence Base that sat alongside the Regulation 19 Submission Document is all included within the Submission Documents submitted to the Planning Inspector. They can also be viewed in plan order on the Regulation 19 Evidence Base page.
Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan
The draft Regulation 18 Local Plan was published for consultation on the 20th January 2021, for a period of 8 weeks, to the 17th March 2021.
Information regarding the consultation can be found in Part 1 of the Regulation 22 Consultation Statement which can be found on Examination Documents Page.
As part of the consultation on the Draft Local Plan we also invited comments to be made on the Sustainability Appraisal, Habitats Regulation Assessment, Draft Economic Growth Strategy and the Draft Open Space, Playing Pitches and Play Areas Strategies. In addition to holding a targeted call for sites.
In total over 3,000 comments were received on the draft Local Plan from over 1200 individuals and organisations.
The representations made during the consultation have been processed and uploaded onto the Council’s Consultation Portal and are available to view here (https://dover-consult.objective.co.uk/kse)
To view the comments –
- Click on "LEARN MORE" on the relevant consultation (eg: Regulation 18 Consultation on the Draft Dover District Local Plan)
- Select "WHAT PEOPLE SAY" at the top of the page under the title of the consultation.
- Click on the eye icon at the start of each consultation point or in the contents panel on the left to view comments on that part of the plan.
The full consultation process as well as the summary of representations and the councils response is detailed within the Regulation 22 Statement which can be found under supporting documents section within in the Evidence Base.
You can also view all of the comments made specifically on Site Allocations Policy 1