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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Havant Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
13,994 approved · 992 refused · 111 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Lapwing Close, Emsworth, PO10 7GS
Received 16 Apr 201416 Clovelly Road, Emsworth, PO10 7HL
Received 16 Apr 201432 South Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9AE
Received 17 Apr 201423 Morelands Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5PT
Received 17 Apr 201436 Galaxie Road, Waterlooville, PO8 9AR
Received 17 Apr 2014Rear of 57A High Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AN
Received 17 Apr 20141 Sapphire Ridge, Waterlooville, PO7 8NY
Received 17 Apr 20144A West Haye Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9RN
Received 22 Apr 201496 Havant Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0LJ
Received 23 Apr 201442 Wheatlands Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 9SQ
Received 23 Apr 2014Land rear of 109 London Road, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8XJ
Received 24 Apr 2014Land at Junction Opposite 115, Havant Road, Emsworth
Received 24 Apr 201471 Langstone Road, Havant, PO9 1RD
Received 25 Apr 20148 Bramley Close, Waterlooville, PO7 7SU
Received 25 Apr 201438 Aston Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7XF
Received 25 Apr 201410C Downley Road, Havant, PO9 2NJ
Received 25 Apr 2014Unit 3, Aysgarth Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7UG
Received 29 Apr 2014Asda Stores, Hambledon Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7XR
Received 29 Apr 2014Howards Car Spares, Mill Rythe Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0QQ
Received 30 Apr 2014The Meadows, St Peters Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0RP
Received 29 Apr 201428 St Johns Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5PG
Received 1 May 2014Belmont Castle Rest Home, 18-20 Portsdown Hill Road, Havant, PO9 3JY
Received 1 May 2014Meadow Lea, Hambledon Road, Waterlooville, PO7 6XB
Received 1 May 2014Purbrook Park School, Park Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5DS
Received 2 May 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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