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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.
13,225 approved · 915 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land north of 6A Oaktree Drive, Emsworth, PO10 7UJ
Received 27 Sept 201282 West Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0JL
Received 1 Oct 201223 Bridgefoot Path, Emsworth, PO10 7EB
Received 25 Sept 201231 West Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0JH
Received 1 Oct 2012Tesco Stores Ltd, Solent Road, Havant, PO9 1TR
Received 1 Oct 20128 Winterslow Drive, Havant, PO9 5DX
Received 5 Oct 2012Land R/O 38-40 Long Copse Lane and East of Redlands Lane, Emsworth
Received 2 Oct 201232 Hart Plain Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8RX
Received 1 Oct 20121 North Shore Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0HL
Received 3 Oct 20126 Rosemary Way, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 9DG
Received 3 Oct 201214 Sandy Point Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9RP
Received 4 Oct 2012The Grange, Ferry Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0BY
Received 4 Oct 201210 Second Avenue, Havant, PO9 2QP
Received 4 Oct 201244 North Street, Havant, PO9 1PT
Received 5 Oct 201251 Southwood Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9PT
Received 5 Oct 2012179 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7RJ
Received 21 Jun 2013137 Elm Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 9ED
Received 21 Jun 2013Land adjacent to 28 Sherfield Avenue, Havant, PO9 5HT
Received 16 Jul 201332 Chichester Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 9EZ
Received 12 Jul 201322 South Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9AE
Received 16 Jul 20134-10 Solent Road, Havant
Received 15 Jul 2013128 Greenfield Crescent, Waterlooville, PO8 9EN
Received 15 Jul 201336-38 Langstone Road, Havant, PO9 1RF
Received 16 Jul 201312A Langstone Avenue, Havant, PO9 1RU
Received 15 Jul 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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