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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Havant Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
12,531 approved · 846 refused · 97 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
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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.
Site of, 38 Bushy Mead, Waterlooville
Received 22 Jan 20131 Fern Drive, Havant, PO9 2YH
Received 25 Jan 20131A Billett Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7SZ
Received 10 Jan 20133 Meadway, Waterlooville, PO7 7QJ
Received 14 Jan 201316 Far Meadow Way, Emsworth, PO10 7PA
Received 11 Jan 201332 Dunhurst Close, Havant, PO9 2LB
Received 11 Jan 2013Poppins, 266 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7HG
Received 14 Jan 201346 Haslar Crescent, Waterlooville, PO7 6DJ
Received 11 Jan 20137 North Close, Havant, PO9 2TE
Received 15 Jan 201329 Itchenor Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9SN
Received 15 Jan 201314 Kingsey Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7HP
Received 16 Jan 201317 Record Road, Emsworth, PO10 7NS
Received 16 Jan 2013One Stop Convenience Stores, 10-12 London Road, Purbrook, Waterlooville, PO7 5LJ
Received 16 Jan 20139 St Albans Road, Havant, PO9 2JP
Received 15 Jan 20132 Camelia Close, Havant, PO9 2FQ
Received 16 Jan 2013Land at 5 Victoria Road, Emsworth
Received 15 Jan 2013Land to rear of 78-86 West Street, Havant, PO9 1LN
Received 16 Jan 2013The Limes, Regents Court, Havant
Received 16 Jan 2013Land on south side of, Mill Rythe Lane, Hayling Island
Received 16 Jan 2013Front Lawn Junior School, Broadmere Avenue, Havant, PO9 5HX
Received 18 Jan 2013Wessex Self Drive Depot, Fulflood Road, Havant, PO9 5AX
Received 21 Jan 2013Homewell House, 22 Homewell, Havant, PO9 1EE
Received 21 Jan 2013Homewell House, 22 Homewell, Havant, PO9 1EE
Received 21 Jan 2013Northney Marina, Hayling Island, PO11 0NH
Received 21 Jan 2013Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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