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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.
14,110 approved · 1,010 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
58 Hordle Road, Havant, PO9 4BA
Received 23 Nov 201724 Cumberland Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7UH
Received 22 Nov 201735 Auriol Drive, Havant, PO9 3LS
Received 23 Nov 2017Land adj to 22 Fairlea Road, Emsworth, PO10 7SX
Received 24 Nov 201748 Kings Road, Emsworth, PO10 7HN
Received 24 Nov 201720 West Street, Havant, PO9 1PQ
Received 27 Nov 201758 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7ES
Received 27 Nov 201758 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7ES
Received 27 Nov 201718 Vian Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5TW
Received 28 Nov 201726 Greenfield Crescent, Waterlooville, PO8 9EH
Received 28 Nov 2017The Elms, 2 Lower Road, Havant PO9 3LH
Received 29 Nov 2017Land to rear of, 51-57 Frogmore Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 9QN
Received 29 Nov 2017The Old Rectory, Bidbury Lane, Havant, PO9 3JG
Received 29 Nov 2017South Africa Lodge, Stakes Hill Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7LA
Received 29 Nov 201776 Rails Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9LP
Received 29 Nov 201736 Oaktree Drive, Emsworth, PO10 7UJ
Received 30 Nov 2017Tawny Owls, 26 Venice Close, Waterlooville, PO7 8JX
Received 1 Dec 20177 Avondale Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7ST
Received 1 Dec 201740A Lovedean Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 8HJ
Received 30 Nov 201711 Esmond Close, Emsworth, PO10 7HX
Received 30 Nov 201740A Lovedean Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 8HJ
Received 30 Nov 20179 Fifth Avenue, Havant, PO9 2PL
Received 30 Nov 2017The Old Rectory, Bidbury Lane, Havant, PO9 3JG
Received 29 Nov 201734 Cotwell Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 9AW
Received 4 Dec 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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