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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.
13,861 approved · 980 refused · 109 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
4 Warfield Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7JJ
Received 9 Dec 201937 Almond Close, Havant, PO9 3LP
Received 9 Dec 201929A Bosmere Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9SB
Received 9 Dec 201945 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7ER
Received 12 Dec 201931 North Street, Emsworth, PO10 7DA
Received 10 Dec 2019Prince of Wales PH, 164 West Street, Havant, PO9 1LR
Received 10 Dec 2019128 Sunnymead Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 6BU
Received 11 Dec 201952 Kings Road, Emsworth, PO10 7HW
Received 11 Dec 201940 Jubilee Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7RD
Received 12 Dec 20195 The Fishermans, Emsworth, PO10 7BS
Received 12 Dec 20197 London Road, Purbrook, Waterlooville, PO7 5LQ
Received 12 Dec 2019Fernwood House, 45-47 London Road, Cowplain, Waterlooville
Received 16 Dec 201910A Forest End, Waterlooville, PO7 7AB
Received 16 Dec 201976 Warblington Road, Emsworth, PO10 7HH
Received 17 Dec 201925 Langstone High Street, Havant, PO9 1RY
Received 17 Dec 201935 Blackthorn Drive, Hayling Island, PO11 9PA
Received 16 Dec 2019Land rear of 17 South Street, Havant
Received 16 Dec 20192 Chalton Crescent, Havant, PO9 4PT
Received 17 Dec 2019The Railway Inn, 95 North Street, Emsworth, PO10 7PQ
Received 16 Dec 20191 Parkside Cottages, Eastleigh Road, Havant, PO9 2NY
Received 18 Dec 20191A St James Road, Emsworth, PO10 7DN
Received 17 Dec 2019122 Park Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5DP
Received 17 Dec 20194 Mengham Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9JT
Received 18 Dec 20191 Scratchface Lane, Havant, PO9 3NG
Received 10 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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