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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Havant Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Havant website
14,975 approved · 1,130 refused · 122 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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21 Church Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0NN
Received 10 Jun 2026Land north of Furniss Way, Hayling Island
Received 10 Jun 2026Southleigh Park House, Eastleigh Road, Havant, PO9 2PE
Received 10 Jun 2026Waterloo Park, Elettra Avenue, Waterlooville
Received 10 Jun 2026Clover Court, Jasmine Grove, Waterlooville
Received 10 Jun 2026Havant Thicket, adjacent to Sir George Staunton Country Park, Middle Park Way, Havant
Received 10 Jun 2026Flat 5, Montana Court, Jasmine Grove, Waterlooville, PO7 8BT
Received 10 Jun 2026Flat 11, Montana Court, Jasmine Grove, Waterlooville, PO7 8BT
Received 10 Jun 2026Flat 5 - 10, Primrose Court, Jasmine Grove, Waterlooville, PO7 8BN
Received 10 Jun 2026Davidia Court, Jasmine Grove, Waterlooville
Received 10 Jun 202610 Harbour Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0HR
Received 11 Jun 2026Sinah Warren Holiday Village, Ferry Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0BZ
Received 11 Jun 2026Havant Thicket Reservoir Site
Received 11 Jun 20268 Crestland Close, Waterlooville, PO8 9AG
Received 11 Jun 202616 Abbotstone Avenue, Havant, PO9 2HL
Received 12 Jun 202653 Hulbert Road, Havant, PO9 3TB
Received 12 Jun 202670 Westbourne Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7QU
Received 29 May 2026Bosmere Junior School, South Street, Havant, PO9 1DA
Received 15 Jun 2026Gorseway Retirement and Nursing Home, 354 Sea Front, Hayling Island, PO11 0BA
Received 15 Jun 202642C Stakes Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5NA
Received 15 Jun 2026St Clares Church, Strouden Court Precinct, Strouden Court, Havant, PO9 4JX
Received 15 Jun 202658 Silvester Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8TS
Received 15 Jun 2026151 London Road, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8ER
Received 16 Jun 202619 Corhampton Crescent, Havant, PO9 3BX
Received 16 Jun 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Havant Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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