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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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Havant planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates18,634Searchable applications
282Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 16,106 approved or refused records
1,130Refused applications
14,976 approved · 1,130 refused · 122 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning servicesContact planning Planning enforcement enquiry and complaint formLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application advice serviceConservation areas Conservation areas and listed buildings
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.development@havant.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries02392446019Council source
- Planning enquiries03034445520Council source
- General council enquiriesplanningcompliance@havant.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas15 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas12 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Under ConsultationAPP/26/00661
Erection of single storey garden room.
46 St Johns Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5QU
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00662
Construction of 2No. 4 Bed, Detached Houses with associated Services and Parking.
12 Portsdown Hill Road, Havant, PO9 3JX
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00663
Double side extension
31 Kings Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0PD
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeAPP/26/00664
1 No. Sycamore (T1) - Crown height reduction of 2m leaving a height of 13m. Crown width reduction of 2m leaving a width of 7m. Trees subject to TPO 1422.
2 Richmond Gardens, Crofton Close, Waterlooville, PO7 5BJ
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00666
Proposed additional parking and replacement boundary landscape
The Briars, Waterberry Drive, Waterlooville
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00667
Application for Advertisement Consent for 1 No. Brand Totem wrapped around a brick plinth, 1 No. Brand Logo and contact details sign, 1 No. Directional sign with brand logo, 1 No. Recessed Welcome Panel (Internally illuminated), 1 No. welcome panel (Internally illuminated).
Homewell Spring Care Home,Normandy Way,Havant,PO9 5GL
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00668
Retrospective permission for rear garden outbuilding and use of the outbuilding as a hair salon with new rear site entrance from existing rear access.
144 West Street, Havant, PO9 1LP
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeAPP/26/00669
T1 (Oak) Crown height reduction by 2m leaving a height of 10m. Crown width reduction of 2m leaving a width of 8m. Tree subject to TPO 1033.
50 Woodlands Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7QE
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00670
Listed Building Consent for replacement windows and new dormer roof covering
17 Queen Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BJ
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00671
Discharge of conditions 20 and 25 of planning application APP/17/00863
Southleigh Park House, Eastleigh Road, Havant, PO9 2PE
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00672
Erection of a single story extension to the side of the property with bifold doors to rear
43 Owslebury Grove, Havant, PO9 5HR
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00673
1 No. Sycamore - Remove to source decayed branch with 4 woodpecker holes and fungal bracket. Remove to source 5 lower limbs protruding over neighbours property. Crown lift to 5m branches over play ground. St Faith's Conservation Area
Fairfield Infant School, Fairfield Road, Havant, PO9 1AY
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeAPP/26/00674
1 No. - London Plane (T1) - Crown height reduction by 2.5m leaving a height of 14m. Crown width reduction by 2.5m leaving a height of 8m. Tree Subject to TPO 1849
91 Havant Road, Emsworth, PO10 7LF
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00675
Internal alteration and full loft conversion with both front and rear dormers
25 Lysander Way, Waterlooville, PO7 8LE
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00676
Proposed single storey rear extension
22 Jubilee Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7RD
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Recommendation MadeAPP/26/00677
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed single storey rear extension with flat roof no more than 3.5m from rear wall of existing dwelling
5 Trosnant Road, Havant, PO9 3BA
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeAPP/26/00678
1No: Oak tree (Quercus robur) (T1) - Crown width reduction by 2m leaving a width of 7m. Crown lift to 4m from the ground leaving 12m of canopy height. 1No: Oak tree (Quercus robur) (T2) - Crown lift of 3m from the ground leaving 12m of canopy height. Trees subject to TPO 1845
Grove Apartments, 158A Hart Plain Avenue, Waterlooville
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00679
Application for approval of all Reserved Matters (siting, scale, external appearance and landscaping) relating to Phase 7 (Spillway and Pipe) and Phase 8 (Remaining areas of hard and soft landscaping) of the Thicket Reservoir development pursuant to Condition 2 of the S73 consent planning reference APP/24/00312 dated 6th December 2024.
Havant Thicket, adjacent to Sir George Staunton Country Park, Middle Park Way, Havant
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeAPP/26/00681
1No. Oak Tree (T4) - Crown height reduction of 3m leaving a height of 17m. Crown width reduction of 4m leaving a width of 21m. Tree subject to TPO 1609.
20 Billett Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7SZ
Received 14 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00682
1 No. - Magnolia - To Fell - within St Faiths conservation area.
12 Manor Close, Havant, PO9 1BD
Received 15 Sept 2026 - Decision MadeAPP/26/00683
2No. Sycamore trees (S1 & S2 on plan) - cut back by 2m to previous pollard cuts subject to TPO 1092 within W1.
7 Tree Side Way, Waterlooville, PO7 7JU
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00684
Single storey extension on front, side and rear.
2 Richmond Close, Hayling Island, PO11 0ER
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00685
Proposed Single-Storey Rear Extension to Provide a Secure and Protected Access to the Existing First-Floor Flat
Flat, 39 High Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AL
Received 16 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationAPP/26/00686
Removal of existing storage building and gazebo. Construction of new timber frame, single storey outbuilding to be used as day care room.
Ann's Wombles Nursery, 10 Padnell Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8DZ
Received 17 Sept 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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