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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.
14,002 approved · 994 refused · 111 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
241 London Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8DD
Received 2 May 201454 Park Lane, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8BB
Received 1 May 201498 Silverdale Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 6DU
Received 6 May 201411 Glebe Close, Hayling Island, PO11 0LB
Received 2 May 201428 Gladys Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8HT
Received 6 May 2014144 Botley Drive, Havant, PO9 4RA
Received 6 May 2014Land to rear of 40 Queens Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7SB
Received 8 May 2014Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, Petrol Filling Station, Hambledon Road, Waterlooville
Received 8 May 201422 Woodlands Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7QE
Received 8 May 2014Walnut Tree Cottage, 115 Havant Road, Emsworth, PO10 7LG
Received 9 May 20142 Wallis Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7RX
Received 8 May 20141 The Gardens, Havant, PO9 2XH
Received 9 May 201420 Cherry Tree Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8BA
Received 9 May 2014Trees on highway island between 1 Shawfield Road, and 7 Wade Court Road, Havant
Received 8 May 2014Development Site North of, Goldring Close, Hayling Island
Received 9 May 2014Victoria Cottage Hospital, North Street, Emsworth, PO10 7DD
Received 8 May 2014Rear of 57A High Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AN
Received 17 Apr 20147 Hollow Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9AA
Received 9 May 201496 Lovedean Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 9SN
Received 12 May 2014Land adjacent to 8 Westbourne Close, Emsworth, PO10 7QY
Received 12 May 2014The Laurels, Bartons Road, Havant, PO9 5NA
Received 12 May 2014Plot 3, 17C Eastoke Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 9QW
Received 13 May 201410A The Pallant, Havant, PO9 1BE
Received 13 May 20149 Clovelly Road, Emsworth, PO10 7HL
Received 14 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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