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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.
14,091 approved · 1,006 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Tower Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BH
Received 10 Mar 202043 Mavis Crescent, Havant, PO9 2AE
Received 9 Mar 20202 Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth, PO10 7RT
Received 10 Mar 202017A Linda Grove, Waterlooville, PO8 8UX
Received 9 Mar 202013 Hillside Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5BB
Received 10 Mar 202021 Fairmead Walk, Waterlooville, PO8 9AL
Received 9 Mar 20203 Sinah Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0EY
Received 11 Mar 202021 Manor Close, Havant, PO9 1BD
Received 13 Mar 20205-5A West Street, Havant, PO9 1EJ
Received 11 Mar 20208 Park Way, Havant, PO9 1HH
Received 12 Mar 202026 Lovedean Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 8HJ
Received 12 Mar 202020 Verbena Crescent, Waterlooville, PO8 9DD
Received 13 Mar 202027 Hobby Close, Wecock, Waterlooville, PO8 9AY
Received 13 Mar 202018 St Thomas Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 0EX
Received 31 Mar 202018 St Thomas Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 0EX
Received 13 Mar 202037 King Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AX
Received 18 Mar 2020Land adjacent Saxted House, 5 Tower Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BH
Received 14 Mar 202018 St Thomas Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 0EX
Received 13 Mar 202014 Cherrywood Gardens, Hayling Island, PO11 9DE
Received 16 Mar 202015 Alexandra Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 9AL
Received 19 Mar 202016 Warfield Crescent, Waterlooville, PO7 7JP
Received 20 Mar 2020111 Hulbert Road, Havant, PO9 3TD
Received 20 Mar 2020North Street Arcade, North Street Arcade, Havant
Received 20 Mar 202012 Fir Tree Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9BA
Received 24 Mar 2020Records 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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