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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.
13,725 approved · 964 refused · 109 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23-25 Market Parade, Havant, PO9 1PY
Received 3 Jul 201563 Linda Grove, Waterlooville, PO8 8UY
Received 3 Jul 2015Land adjacent to Ben Hall, Hambledon Road, Waterlooville, PO7 6XB
Received 3 Jul 20153 Swan Close, Emsworth, PO10 7BQ
Received 3 Jul 2015127A and 127B London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7SH
Received 7 Jul 20155 Elmwood Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7LG
Received 3 Jul 201517 James Road, Havant, PO9 3EL
Received 3 Jul 2015Dunsbury Hill Farm, Park Lane, Cowplain, Waterlooville
Received 1 Jul 2015109 Hulbert Road, Havant, PO9 3TD
Received 1 Jul 201548 Tournerbury Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9DJ
Received 30 Jun 201515 Billett Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7SZ
Received 1 Jul 2015E Block, Former BAE Systems, Elettra Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7XS
Received 10 Jul 2015Land Adjacent to, Langstone Technology Park, 2B Langstone Road, Havant
Received 10 Jul 20157 Camelia Close, Havant, PO9 2FQ
Received 10 Jul 2015581 Southleigh Road, Emsworth, PO10 7TE
Received 13 Jul 201541 Cherry Tree Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8AY
Received 13 Jul 201525 Blackdown Crescent, Havant, PO9 5AZ
Received 13 Jul 2015Laburnums, St Peters Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0RT
Received 13 Jul 2015107 Havant Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0LE
Received 13 Jul 20154 Silvertrees, Emsworth, PO10 7ST
Received 17 Jul 201576 Bosmere Gardens, Emsworth, PO10 7NR
Received 14 Jul 20155 Fourth Avenue, Havant, PO9 2QU
Received 13 Jul 20157 Avondale Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7ST
Received 15 Jul 201525 Andrew Crescent, Waterlooville, PO7 6BE
Received 7 Jul 2015Records 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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