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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.
13,938 approved · 986 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Park Parade, Havant, PO9 5AA
Received 14 Jul 201537 Park Parade, Havant, PO9 5AA
Received 14 Jul 201517 Church Path, Emsworth, PO10 7DP
Received 14 Jul 2015Lindens House, 58 Horndean Road, Emsworth
Received 14 Jul 201523 Tower Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BH
Received 30 Jul 201523 Tower Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BH
Received 30 Jul 201516 Langstone High Street, Havant, PO9 1RY
Received 31 Jul 201516 Langstone High Street, Havant, PO9 1RY
Received 31 Jul 2015109 London Road, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8XJ
Received 31 Jul 2015Tealwood Co Ltd, Sultan Road, Emsworth, PO10 7PP
Received 30 Jul 201550 Westbrook Grove, Waterlooville, PO7 5HX
Received 24 Aug 201523 Tower Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BH
Received 21 Aug 201523 Tower Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BH
Received 21 Aug 201556 Roundway, Waterlooville, PO7 7QD
Received 24 Aug 2015Former Site of, 20 The Crescent, Waterlooville
Received 21 Jul 201530 High Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AR
Received 21 Jul 2015200 Southwood Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9QL
Received 22 Jul 201522 Nore Farm Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7NA
Received 24 Jul 2015CO-OP 610 Southleigh Road, Emsworth, PO10 7TA
Received 23 Jul 201559 Inhurst Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7QT
Received 24 Jul 2015Cherry Hinton, Manor Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0QH
Received 24 Jul 2015First Floor, 10 Mengham Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9BL
Received 24 Jul 201536-38 North Street, Emsworth, PO10 7DG
Received 27 Jul 2015106 Southleigh Road, Havant, PO9 2PS
Received 27 Jul 2015Records 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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