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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.
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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
14,976 approved · 1,130 refused · 122 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Former Oak Park School, Leigh Road, Havant
Received 27 Jul 20268 Craigwell Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5PQ
Received 28 Jul 20261 Southbrook Close, Havant, PO9 1RW
Received 28 Jul 202637 Cavendish Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 7PJ
Received 28 Jul 2026KFC , 2 Park Way , Havant, PO9 1HH
Received 28 Jul 2026Marina House, 38 Wittering Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9SR
Received 29 Jul 2026101 Andrew Crescent, Waterlooville, PO7 6BG
Received 29 Jul 2026Units 5, 7, 9, Wellington Retail Park, Hambledon Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7FG
Received 29 Jul 2026Havant Thicket, adjacent to Sir George Staunton Country Park, Middle Park Way, Havant
Received 23 Jul 2026Lidl Store, Purbrook Way, Havant, PO9 3QJ
Received 30 Jul 2026Wade Court Cottage, Wade Lane, Havant, PO9 2TB
Received 30 Jul 202655 The Crescent, Waterlooville, PO7 5EU
Received 31 Jul 2026Southleigh Park House, Eastleigh Road, Havant, PO9 2PE
Received 31 Jul 2026One Stop Shop, Baybridge Road, Havant, PO9 5PB
Received 31 Jul 20269 Deeping Gate, Waterlooville, PO7 8QQ
Received 3 Aug 2026Proposed Development site (former Electricity Board site), Bartons Road, Havant
Received 4 Aug 202634 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7ER
Received 4 Aug 2026Havant Thicket, adjacent to Sir George Staunton Country Park, Middle Park Way, Havant
Received 31 Jul 2026Pipeline from proposed reservoir near Middle Park Way to Bedhampton Pumping Station, Meyrick Road, Havant
Received 5 Aug 202613 Frogmore Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 9QN
Received 5 Aug 202641 Hart Plain Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8RX
Received 6 Aug 202627 Shillinglee, Waterlooville, PO7 5RW
Received 6 Aug 20266 Oakhurst Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 7PN
Received 6 Aug 2026Vortex (Industrial Estate), Downley Road, Havant, PO9 2NJ
Received 7 Aug 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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