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Paul, if you need local signatures to ask for a funding that avoids developers, mine is ready and waiting. Who to ask is a good question, perhaps KCC might have an idea.
There may be some Government offices that can give advice, ideally DDC could be able to give some ideas on this.
I really do not know who would provide the funding, but perhaps the idea of local job-creation to get the former military sites - which it seems might come under heritage - in a state of preservation, could be an important link in obtaining a fund.
If you can prove that there is work for X people for X number of months/years, then you may have a card in your hands. When making the request, I would advise (but this is my personal advice) not mentioning local retailers etc. in Dover, or making any links to other attraction sites, as this could deflect from the original request.
A big-time war memorial would hardly bring in an economic return, so I'd avoid mentioning that too, and this would also avoid the question arising about increased traffic passing through Dover to get there and the expense of a mega car park somewhere.
Just keep to the essential, mention it is some sort of heritage, and that to bring it up to scratch would create local employment.
And if you put in a good word for trees that are not encroaching on the battlements, this might earn you the support of the green-minded preservationists too.