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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.
13,302 approved · 921 refused · 106 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Oaktree Drive, Emsworth, PO10 7UJ
Received 13 Nov 2012ASDA, Purbrook Way, Havant, PO9 3QW
Received 14 Nov 2012ASDA, Purbrook Way, Havant, PO9 3QW
Received 14 Nov 20121 Fairlight Chalets, Salterns Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9LQ
Received 14 Nov 20122 Fairlight Chalets, Salterns Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9LQ
Received 14 Nov 20123 Fairlight Chalets, Salterns Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9LQ
Received 14 Nov 201230 Fairlight Chalets, Salterns Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9LQ
Received 14 Nov 201220 Fairlight Chalets, Salterns Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9LQ
Received 14 Nov 201216 Fairlight Chalets, Salterns Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9LQ
Received 14 Nov 201219 Fairlight Chalets, Salterns Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9LQ
Received 14 Nov 20125 St James Road, Emsworth, PO10 7DN
Received 15 Nov 201231 Elm Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 9EA
Received 15 Nov 201230 The Parchment, Havant, PO9 1HD
Received 15 Nov 201211 Salterns Close, Hayling Island, PO11 9PL
Received 14 Nov 2012104 Durley Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8TZ
Received 19 Nov 201235 Havant Road, Emsworth, PO10 7JD
Received 19 Nov 2012Briar Bank, Manor Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0QR
Received 16 Nov 201235 Havant Road, Emsworth, PO10 7JD
Received 19 Nov 20127 Bound Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9HU
Received 15 Nov 2012ASDA, Purbrook Way, Havant, PO9 3QW
Received 15 Nov 201228A West Street, Havant, PO9 1PG
Received 16 Nov 2012Primrose Cottage, Avenue Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0LX
Received 19 Nov 201223 Broadlands Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7JE
Received 20 Nov 2012Proposed Development Site Manor Farm and Copseys Nursery, Hallett Road, Havant
Received 20 Nov 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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