Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
13,682 approved · 959 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 South Street, Havant, PO9 1DA
Received 13 Sept 2019Land adjacent to Fulflood Road, Havant
Received 13 Sept 20191A St James Road, Emsworth, PO10 7DN
Received 13 Sept 201977 Silvester Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8TR
Received 16 Sept 201919 Lysander Way, Waterlooville, PO7 8LE
Received 18 Sept 201914 Hazelwood Avenue, Havant, PO9 3RE
Received 18 Sept 2019Cowplain School, Hart Plain Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8RY
Received 13 Sept 201914 Billett Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7SZ
Received 13 Sept 201910 Stephen Close, Waterlooville, PO8 8BE
Received 13 Sept 20194 South Street, Havant, PO9 1DA
Received 16 Sept 20194 South Street, Havant, PO9 1DA
Received 16 Sept 201964B Stakes Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5NU
Received 16 Sept 2019175-177 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7RJ
Received 16 Sept 201967 Warblington Road, Emsworth, PO10 7HG
Received 16 Sept 2019Verge outdside 112 London Road, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8HB
Received 17 Sept 201929 Staunton Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 0EW
Received 16 Sept 20195 Harbourside, Havant, PO9 1TJ
Received 18 Sept 201992 Deverell Place, Waterlooville, PO7 5ED
Received 26 Sept 201956 Serpentine Road, Widley, Waterlooville, PO7 5EF
Received 18 Sept 2019Station Theatre, Station Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0EH
Received 19 Sept 201917 Billett Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7SZ
Received 23 Sept 2019Lawn Tennis and Squash Club, Southleigh Road, Havant, PO9 2RS
Received 23 Sept 201912 Pine Grove, Havant, PO9 2RW
Received 23 Sept 201921 Meadowsweet, Waterlooville, PO7 8RS
Received 20 Sept 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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