Walmer planning approval rate
Walmer ward in Dover has a 93.8% approval rate based on 368 planning decisions. Dover overall: 93.2%.
Last updated: March 2026
93.8%
ward approval rate
368
Decisions
345
Approved
23
Refused
93.2%
Dover average
Walmer is broadly in line with the Dover average — neither notably strict nor notably permissive.
How Walmer compares
Walmer ward
93.8%
Dover overall
93.2%
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Recent decisions in Walmer
Erection of a detached garden room · Fri 19 Dec 2025
Replacement door (Retrospective) · Thu 18 Dec 2025
Reduce lateral limbs by 2 metres on south eastern side of canopy of one Blue Ced · Fri 12 Dec 2025
Erection of front porch and external render to front facade · Tue 09 Dec 2025
Erection of a single storey front/side extension and front balcony with railings · Thu 27 Nov 2025
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Less than one set of revised drawings. Based on 6,755 decisions.
Other wards in Dover
Little Stour And Ashstone (90.0%)
Guston Kingsdown St Margarets-at-Cliffe (93.9%)
Sandwich (96.0%)
Eastry Rural (91.1%)
Aylesham, Eythorne And Shepherdswell (92.7%)
North Deal (93.6%)
Town And Castle (92.5%)
Dover Downs And River (94.6%)
Whitfield (96.2%)
Mill Hill (92.9%)
Alkham And Capel-le-Ferne (92.4%)