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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.
13,684 approved · 959 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Garden Close, Hayling Island, PO11 9AD
Received 20 Feb 201461B Brook Gardens, Emsworth, PO10 7JY
Received 21 Feb 201410C Downley Road, Havant
Received 21 Feb 201418 Selsmore Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 9PB
Received 25 Feb 2014Tree to west of, Mark Anthony Court, Hayling Island
Received 25 Feb 2014St Peters Church, St Peters Road, Hayling Island
Received 25 Feb 2014Appletrees, Northney Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0SE
Received 24 Feb 201480 Bedhampton Road, Havant, PO9 3EZ
Received 25 Feb 201434 Sea Front Estate, Hayling Island, PO11 9JJ
Received 24 Feb 2014179 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7RJ
Received 25 Feb 20144 Chace Gardens, 141 Stakes Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5PL
Received 25 Feb 201444 Skylark Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7GB
Received 26 Feb 201477 Nutwick Road, Havant, PO9 2UQ
Received 25 Feb 201486 West Street, Havant, PO9 1LN
Received 26 Feb 20142 Padnell Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8DZ
Received 26 Feb 201421 Forest End, Waterlooville, PO7 7AB
Received 26 Feb 20145 John King Shipyard, King Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AY
Received 27 Feb 201420 Eastwood Close, Hayling Island, PO11 9DY
Received 25 Feb 20144 Purbrook Chase Precinct, Waterlooville, PO7 5QH
Received 26 Feb 2014214A Stakes Hill Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5UJ
Received 26 Feb 2014Land r/o 40 Queens Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7SB
Received 26 Feb 201431 Hollybank Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UE
Received 28 Feb 201433 Hollybank Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UE
Received 28 Feb 2014Baptist Church Hall, North Street, Emsworth
Received 3 Mar 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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