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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.
12,937 approved · 886 refused · 100 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Tesco Stores Ltd, Solent Road, Havant, PO9 1TR
Received 10 Jul 20125 Warren Close, Hayling Island, PO11 0HP
Received 10 Jul 201220 Heather Close, Waterlooville, PO7 8EE
Received 11 Jul 201285 Inhurst Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7QT
Received 12 Jul 2012166A&B Southwood Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9QL
Received 12 Jul 20121 Tudor Close, Hayling Island, PO11 9HH
Received 12 Jul 201219 The Oakwood Centre, Downley Road, Havant, PO9 2NP
Received 17 Jul 2012Land adjacent to 2 New Road, Havant, PO9 1DE
Received 17 Jul 201249 Warblington Road, Emsworth, PO10 7HG
Received 17 Jul 2012West of Waterlooville MDA, Waterlooville
Received 18 Jul 201252 Lone Valley, Waterlooville, PO7 5EB
Received 19 Jul 201264 Saltmarsh Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0JT
Received 17 Jul 20129 Avondale Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7ST
Received 19 Jul 2012124 Elm Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 9EH
Received 17 Jul 2012Sinah Warren Holiday Village, Ferry Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0BZ
Received 18 Jul 201230 Avondale Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7ST
Received 19 Jul 2012Wessex, 8 New Lane, Havant
Received 18 Jul 20128 New Lane, Havant
Received 23 Jul 201223 Bridgefoot Path, Emsworth, PO10 7EB
Received 13 Jul 201220 The Crescent, Waterlooville, PO7 5EU
Received 12 Jul 20124 Ivydene Gardens, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8NP
Received 13 Jul 2012158 Hart Plain Avenue, Waterlooville
Received 13 Jul 2012292-294 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7DS
Received 16 Jul 201288 Stakes Hill Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7LE
Received 13 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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