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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.
13,897 approved · 982 refused · 109 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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 St Thomas Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 0EX
Received 25 Sept 201714 Lucerne Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 6BB
Received 25 Sept 2017Land rear of 60 Fir Copse Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5HZ
Received 19 Sept 2017Trees to front of 15 Frankland Terrace, Emsworth
Received 19 Sept 2017Eaton Aerospace, Larchwood Avenue, Havant, PO9 3QL
Received 19 Sept 201726 Greenfield Crescent, Waterlooville, PO8 9EH
Received 20 Sept 20175 Sandy Point Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9RP
Received 22 Sept 201747-49 Beach Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0JB
Received 21 Sept 201755 High Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AN
Received 22 Sept 201755 High Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AN
Received 22 Sept 20178 New Lane, Havant
Received 21 Sept 2017Land rear of 38-40 Long Copse Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UR
Received 22 Sept 201732 Woodcroft Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 9PY
Received 26 Sept 201716A Beechworth Road, Havant, PO9 1AX
Received 26 Sept 2017231 Milton Road, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8LS
Received 27 Sept 201727 Corhampton Crescent, Havant, PO9 3BX
Received 27 Sept 201726B Victoria Road, Emsworth, PO10 7NH
Received 28 Sept 2017106 London Road, Widley, Waterlooville, PO7 5AB
Received 28 Sept 201760 Crookhorn Lane, Waterlooville, PO7 5QL
Received 3 Oct 2017125 New Brighton Road, Emsworth, PO10 7QS
Received 2 Oct 20179 Elderfield Close, Emsworth, PO10 7QW
Received 4 Oct 201737 Galaxie Road, Waterlooville, PO8 9AT
Received 5 Oct 201731 Selangor Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7LR
Received 6 Oct 201732 New Lane, Havant, PO9 2NG
Received 9 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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