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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.
12,914 approved · 885 refused · 100 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Spruce Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 8HE
Received 28 Jun 201244 Fourth Avenue, Havant, PO9 2QX
Received 2 Jul 201255 Bunting Gardens, Waterlooville, PO8 9UW
Received 3 Jul 201240 Grove Road, Havant, PO9 1AR
Received 3 Jul 2012270-272 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7HN
Received 3 Jul 2012272 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7HN
Received 3 Jul 2012Redlands House, 38-40 Long Copse Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UR
Received 3 Jul 201275 Lovedean Lane, Waterlooville
Received 5 Jul 201224 Alexandra Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 9AL
Received 4 Jul 201226 Rowan Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8AZ
Received 6 Jul 2012Sir George Staunton Country Park, Middle Park Way, Havant, PO9 5HB
Received 6 Jul 20122 Wallis Gardens, Waterlooville, PO7 7SA
Received 6 Jul 201240 Snowberry Crescent, Havant, PO9 2FE
Received 9 Jul 201218 Hollybank Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UD
Received 9 Jul 201272 Southwood Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9QE
Received 9 Jul 20127 Dudleston Heath Drive, Waterlooville, PO8 8AR
Received 9 Jul 201222 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7EP
Received 9 Jul 20122A Lovedean Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 8HH
Received 9 Jul 20122A Lovedean Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 8HH
Received 9 Jul 2012125 Silverdale Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 6DU
Received 9 Jul 20125 The Precinct, Waterlooville, PO7 7DT
Received 9 Jul 201241 Frances Road, Purbrook, Waterlooville, PO7 5HH
Received 10 Jul 201225 Grove Road, Havant, PO9 1AR
Received 10 Jul 201237 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7ER
Received 10 Jul 2012Records 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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