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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.
13,814 approved · 975 refused · 109 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7EP
Received 16 Oct 201910A The Pallant, Havant, PO9 1BE
Received 16 Oct 201934 Hart Plain Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8RX
Received 15 Oct 201931 Elm Grove, Hayling Island
Received 16 Oct 2019Flat 6, Jade Court, 6 Beaconsfield Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7SP
Received 16 Oct 201936 Warfield Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7JN
Received 16 Oct 2019Bellinger House, 3 Palk Road, Havant
Received 16 Oct 201977 Silvester Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8TR
Received 17 Oct 2019Land adjacent to 53 Fathoms Reach, Hayling Island, PO11 0RR
Received 17 Oct 20193 The Old Flour Mill, Queen Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BT
Received 17 Oct 20193 The Old Flour Mill, Queen Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BT
Received 17 Oct 201944 Long Copse Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UR
Received 18 Oct 2019Trees South of 6 Westbourne Close, Emsworth, PO10 7QY
Received 18 Oct 2019Dolphin Quay, alleyway adjacent 35 Queen Street, Emsworth
Received 21 Oct 201916 Park Crescent, Emsworth, PO10 7NT
Received 18 Oct 20197 Shearer Close, Havant, PO9 4BT
Received 22 Oct 201962 Silvester Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8TS
Received 23 Oct 201934 Hart Plain Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8RX
Received 23 Oct 20198 Towers Garden, Havant, PO9 1RZ
Received 24 Oct 201949 St Catherines Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0HF
Received 24 Oct 201925 Bacon Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0DN
Received 24 Oct 2019St Catherines Court, 390 Sea Front, Hayling Island
Received 24 Oct 20196A Mill Lane, Langstone, Havant, PO9 1RX
Received 24 Oct 20195 Brent Court, Emsworth, PO10 7JA
Received 24 Oct 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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