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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.
13,882 approved · 982 refused · 109 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Beach Road, Emsworth, PO10 7JS
Received 25 Aug 201716 Langstone High Street, Havant, PO9 1RY
Received 23 Aug 201761 Geoffrey Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5BH
Received 29 Aug 2017Flat 27, Holly Tree, Mark Anthony Court, Hayling Island, PO11 0AE
Received 23 Aug 201728 Pembury Road, Havant, PO9 2TS
Received 23 Aug 2017The Brents, St Peters Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0RT
Received 24 Aug 201713 Sea Grove Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 9EU
Received 24 Aug 201723 Summerhill Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8XD
Received 29 Aug 2017Unit 1, Station Approach, North Street, Emsworth, PO10 7PW
Received 24 Aug 201737 Beaufort Road, Havant, PO9 3HT
Received 24 Aug 201711 Warblington Road, Emsworth, PO10 7HE
Received 24 Aug 2017Land adjacent to Mandai, St Peters Road, Hayling Island
Received 25 Aug 2017Langstone Technology Park, 2B Langstone Road, Havant, PO9 1SA
Received 23 Aug 201716 Langstone High Street, Havant, PO9 1RY
Received 23 Aug 201717 North Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BY
Received 8 Sept 201714 Gleneagles Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 8RX
Received 7 Sept 201711 Elwell Green, Hayling Island, PO11 9AZ
Received 11 Sept 201727 St Marys Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9DB
Received 11 Sept 20178 Post Office Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5LS
Received 11 Sept 201743 Highfield Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7PY
Received 11 Sept 201751 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7ES
Received 11 Sept 201713 Beechworth Road, Havant, PO9 1AX
Received 11 Sept 201783 Littlepark Avenue, Havant, PO9 3QX
Received 11 Sept 201733 Lovedean Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 8HJ
Received 3 Oct 2017Records 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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