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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.
13,420 approved · 929 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Former Woodbury Primary School, Eagle Avenue, Waterlooville
Received 16 Jul 201359 Ingledene Close, Havant, PO9 1DG
Received 16 Jul 201335 Auriol Drive, Havant, PO9 3LS
Received 16 Jul 201336 Roman Way, Havant, PO9 3PS
Received 18 Jul 20131A Thorney View, St Peters Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0RU
Received 18 Jul 201352 Place Crescent, Waterlooville, PO7 5UP
Received 18 Jul 2013Land South of Scratchface Lane, adjacent to A3M and West of Brooklands Road and Hillmead Gardens, Havant
Received 18 Jul 2013Former Site of, 20 The Crescent, Waterlooville
Received 19 Jul 2013Scout Headquarters, adj 65 New Lane, Havant
Received 19 Jul 20135 Victoria Road, Emsworth
Received 23 Jul 20131 Curlew Close, Emsworth, PO10 7HD
Received 22 Jul 201371 Elm Close Estate, Hayling Island, PO11 9AU
Received 22 Jul 2013Warblington School, Southleigh Road, Havant
Received 23 Jul 2013Former Bedhampton Arts Centre, 29 Bedhampton Road, Havant
Received 24 Jul 2013158 Hart Plain Avenue, Waterlooville
Received 24 Jul 2013St John The Baptist Church, London Road, Purbrook, Waterlooville
Received 17 Jul 201329 Elm Close Estate, Hayling Island, PO11 9AT
Received 16 Jul 2013Former Bedhampton Arts Centre, 29 Bedhampton Road, Havant
Received 18 Jul 201311 Highland Road, Emsworth, PO10 7JL
Received 17 Jul 2013Former Bedhampton Arts Centre, 29 Bedhampton Road, Havant
Received 18 Jul 2013Sweetwaters, Mill Lane, Langstone, Havant, PO9 1RX
Received 17 Jul 2013Hayling Island Post Office, 5 Elm Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 9EB
Received 6 Aug 2013Hayling Island Post Office, 5 Elm Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 9EB
Received 6 Aug 2013Unit 6 Wellington Retail Park, 2 Hambledon Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7FG
Received 7 Aug 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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