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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.
13,570 approved · 951 refused · 107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 East Pallant, Havant, PO9 1EA
Received 24 Jul 20199 Fishermans Walk, Hayling Island, PO11 9QU
Received 23 Jul 201943 St Leonards Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 9BN
Received 24 Jul 2019Poundcroft Stables adjacent 173, Havant Road, Hayling Island
Received 24 Jul 2019191 London Road, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8ER
Received 25 Jul 2019Grainger Development Site Land West of, London Road, Waterlooville
Received 26 Jul 20196 Meadow Rise, Waterlooville, PO8 9AB
Received 25 Jul 2019The Acorn Centre, 3 The Kestrels, Eagle Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 9GX
Received 29 Jul 20197 Mill Lane, Langstone, Havant, PO9 1RX
Received 29 Jul 20198 Homewell, Havant, PO9 1EE
Received 29 Jul 20192 Gladys Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8HT
Received 29 Jul 201965 Roundway, Waterlooville, PO7 7QD
Received 31 Jul 201911 Meadowsweet, Waterlooville, PO7 8RS
Received 30 Jul 20198 Waterside Gardens, Waterlooville, PO7 5SY
Received 31 Jul 201944 Hollow Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9EY
Received 1 Aug 201919B Frogmore Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 9QN
Received 1 Aug 20192 Park Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0HU
Received 1 Aug 2019Land to the rear of, 15-27 Horndean Road, Emsworth
Received 2 Aug 2019St Thomas's Church, 24 New Brighton Road, Emsworth, PO10 7PS
Received 2 Aug 20193 Bernina Close, Waterlooville, PO7 6XH
Received 2 Aug 201918 Chilsdown Way, Waterlooville, PO7 5DT
Received 2 Aug 201912 Alameda Way, Waterlooville, PO7 5HB
Received 5 Aug 2019Broad Oak, Copse Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0QB
Received 7 Aug 2019Seacrest, Gutner Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0RN
Received 5 Aug 2019Records 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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