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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.
13,535 approved · 943 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Lewis Road, Emsworth, PO10 7RP
Received 20 Nov 201342 Warfield Crescent, Waterlooville, PO7 7JP
Received 20 Nov 2013Porta Cabin within Car Park, Wellington Retail Park, 2 Hambledon Road, Waterlooville
Received 22 Nov 20132 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7EP
Received 21 Nov 20134A Purbrook Chase Precinct, Waterlooville, PO7 5QH
Received 13 Dec 20137 East Street, Havant, PO9 1AA
Received 17 Dec 20139 East Street, Havant, PO9 1AA
Received 17 Dec 201320 Padnell Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8DZ
Received 1 Nov 2013Meadow Lea, Hambledon Road, Waterlooville, PO7 6XB
Received 4 Nov 201314 Fourth Avenue, Havant, PO9 2QX
Received 5 Nov 201318 Hurstville Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 7NB
Received 4 Nov 2013Rothery House, Waterberry Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 7XX
Received 5 Nov 20131 Blendworth Crescent, Havant, PO9 2BA
Received 5 Nov 201324 Fairmead Walk, Waterlooville, PO8 9AL
Received 5 Nov 2013The Meadows, St Peters Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0RP
Received 5 Nov 2013Site of Former Warehouse, Stanbridge Road, Havant
Received 5 Nov 201322 Pennant Hills, Havant, PO9 3JZ
Received 5 Nov 2013208 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7AN
Received 7 Nov 201338 Bacon Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0DW
Received 7 Nov 201374 Ramsdale Avenue, Havant, PO9 4DZ
Received 8 Nov 201329 Summerhill Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8XD
Received 8 Nov 20131 Shawfield Road, Havant, PO9 2SY
Received 8 Nov 2013Hilden Court, 34 St Marys Road, Hayling Island
Received 8 Nov 2013Roundhouse Court, 2 St Andrews Road, Hayling Island
Received 4 Nov 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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