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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.
12,752 approved · 869 refused · 97 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Scout Hut, 125 Kings Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0PE
Received 11 Feb 201370 Hulbert Road, Havant, PO9 3TG
Received 11 Feb 201320 Long Copse Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UL
Received 11 Feb 201347 South Street, Emsworth, PO10 7EG
Received 11 Feb 2013Tides Reach, 5 The Fishermans, Emsworth, PO10 7BS
Received 11 Feb 201346 St Johns Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5QU
Received 7 Feb 201355 Forest End, Waterlooville, PO7 7AD
Received 7 Feb 201349 Station Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0EB
Received 12 Feb 2013Tree to front of 5 Coastguard Cottages, Langstone Road, Havant, PO9 1RG
Received 12 Feb 2013248 Havant Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0LN
Received 12 Feb 2013179 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7RJ
Received 13 Feb 201388 Rails Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9LP
Received 13 Feb 2013Land adj to 67 Bondfields Crescent, Havant, PO9 5ER
Received 13 Feb 201312 Portsdown Hill Road, Havant, PO9 3JX
Received 13 Feb 201311 London Road, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8DE
Received 12 Feb 2013Homewell House, 22 Homewell, Havant, PO9 1EE
Received 14 Feb 201393 Lovedean Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 9RN
Received 14 Feb 2013Homewell House, 22 Homewell, Havant, PO9 1EE
Received 14 Feb 2013Tree to rear of 11 Pinewood Avenue, Havant, PO9 3RD
Received 13 Feb 201338 Hollybank Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UE
Received 15 Feb 201378 Park Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5DW
Received 18 Feb 201378 Park Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5DW
Received 18 Feb 2013The South Downs College, College Road, Purbrook, Waterlooville, PO7 8AA
Received 18 Feb 201395 Sutton Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8PT
Received 15 Feb 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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