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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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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Havant Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
13,008 approved · 896 refused · 102 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2A Emsworth Road, Havant, PO9 2SR
Received 8 Apr 201340 Snowberry Crescent, Havant, PO9 2FE
Received 9 Apr 2013Land rear of 38-40 Long Copse Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UR
Received 8 Apr 201339 Fraser Road, Havant, PO9 3EJ
Received 8 Apr 201312-13 North Street Arcade, Havant, PO9 1PX
Received 11 Apr 2013Motel, 65 Bedhampton Hill, Havant, PO9 3JN
Received 11 Apr 201338 Webb Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9JE
Received 11 Apr 2013Former Woodbury Primary School, Eagle Avenue, Waterlooville
Received 11 Apr 20133 & 4 Seaview Terrace, South Street, Emsworth
Received 16 Apr 201336 Summerhill Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8XE
Received 16 Apr 20136 Stakes Hill Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7HY
Received 15 Apr 2013Land rear of 22 Frogmore Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 9QL
Received 15 Apr 201364-66 Hazleton Way, Waterlooville
Received 16 Apr 20135A Wallis Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7RX
Received 17 Apr 2013Sainsburys Petrol Station, Former site of Household Waste Recycling Centre, Hambledon Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7UL
Received 18 Apr 2013152 West Street, Havant, PO9 1LP
Received 18 Apr 20138 Hawthorne Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 9DW
Received 18 Apr 2013Sir George Staunton Country Park, Middle Park Way, Havant, PO9 5HB
Received 22 Apr 2013Edenvale Lodge, 63 Silvester Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8TR
Received 19 Apr 2013Land North of 132, Havant Road, Hayling Island
Received 19 Apr 201374 Havant Road, Emsworth, PO10 7LH
Received 22 Apr 20131 Homer Close, Waterlooville, PO8 8SB
Received 22 Apr 2013Local Centre, 1 Lavender Road, Waterlooville
Received 22 Apr 20134 New Brighton Road, Emsworth, PO10 7PS
Received 22 Apr 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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