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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.
13,457 approved · 932 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 The Parchment, Havant, PO9 1HD
Received 12 Aug 2013Hayling Island Sailing Club, Sandy Point, Hayling Island, PO11 9SL
Received 13 Aug 2013179 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7RJ
Received 13 Aug 2013179 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7RJ
Received 13 Aug 2013Padnell Grange, Padnell Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8ED
Received 13 Aug 2013Tree to front of 90 Bedhampton Road, Havant, PO9 3EZ
Received 13 Aug 201341 Hollybank Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UE
Received 13 Aug 2013Site of Cricketers Tavern, Riders Lane, Havant
Received 13 Aug 20134 Mill Lane, Langstone, Havant, PO9 1RX
Received 15 Aug 2013Entrance to Crematorium, Bartons Road, Havant
Received 15 Aug 2013Land west of Bupa Hospital, Bartons Road, Havant
Received 15 Aug 2013Site of, 4-10 Solent Road, Havant
Received 19 Aug 2013The South Downs College, College Road, Purbrook, Waterlooville, PO7 8AA
Received 19 Aug 20139 Fairy Cross Way, Waterlooville, PO8 8AU
Received 19 Aug 20132 The Old Flour Mill, Queen Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BT
Received 19 Aug 201351 The Dale, Waterlooville, PO7 5DB
Received 20 Aug 201323 Westbourne Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7QT
Received 16 Aug 201323 South Street, Havant, PO9 1BU
Received 19 Aug 20134 Khandala Gardens, Waterlooville, PO7 5UA
Received 15 Aug 201320 Boundary Way, Havant, PO9 1NE
Received 19 Aug 201332 New Lane, Havant, PO9 2NG
Received 21 Aug 201332 New Lane, Havant, PO9 2NG
Received 21 Aug 201322 Frogmore Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 9QL
Received 21 Aug 2013Gorseway Retirement and Nursing Home, 354 Sea Front, Hayling Island, PO11 0BA
Received 23 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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