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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.
13,683 approved · 959 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
12 Manor Close, Havant, PO9 1BD
Received 19 Dec 20132 New Road, Havant, PO9 1DE
Received 20 Dec 2013Tweed Court, Dunsbury Way, Havant
Received 20 Dec 2013Former Hayling Bay Hotel, 50 Webb Lane, Hayling Island
Received 20 Dec 201310A Esmond Close, Emsworth, PO10 7HX
Received 21 Dec 201311 Warfield Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7JN
Received 23 Dec 201380A Havant Road, Emsworth, PO10 7LH
Received 23 Dec 2013Land Adjacent to, Langstone Technology Park, 2B Langstone Road, Havant
Received 23 Dec 201332 West Street, Emsworth, PO10 7DY
Received 23 Dec 20132 Woodcroft Gardens, Waterlooville, PO8 9PZ
Received 24 Dec 201310 Highfield Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7PX
Received 20 Dec 20137 Highfield Close, Waterlooville, PO7 7PZ
Received 24 Dec 20132 Selsmore Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9LB
Received 2 Jan 2014Former Bedhampton Arts Centre, 29 Bedhampton Road, Havant
Received 2 Jan 201415 Wincanton Way, Waterlooville, PO7 8NW
Received 2 Jan 201411 Wincanton Way, Waterlooville, PO7 8NW
Received 2 Jan 2014128 Southwood Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9QH
Received 3 Jan 20143 Eastern Road, Havant, PO9 2JE
Received 7 Jan 201463A Beaufort Road, Havant, PO9 3HT
Received 8 Jan 201431 Longwood Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8HZ
Received 9 Jan 2014The Elms, 2 Lower Road, Havant
Received 6 Jan 2014Waterlooville Leisure Centre, Waterberry Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 7UW
Received 10 Jan 2014Waterlooville Leisure Centre, Waterberry Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 7UW
Received 9 Jan 2014Old Mill Guest House, Mill Lane, Bedhampton, Havant, PO9 3JH
Received 13 Jan 2014Records 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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