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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.
14,345 approved · 1,040 refused · 113 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former site of Havant Retail Park, Portsdown Hill Road, Havant
Received 10 Jul 201433 Brooklands Road, Havant, PO9 3NT
Received 10 Jul 201420 Dundonald Close, Hayling Island, PO11 9DX
Received 10 Jul 201410A Esmond Close, Emsworth, PO10 7HX
Received 10 Jul 2014110 Hambledon Road, Waterlooville, PO7 6UT
Received 11 Jul 201457 North Shore Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0HN
Received 11 Jul 201432 Saltmarsh Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0JT
Received 14 Jul 2014ASDA, Purbrook Way, Havant, PO9 3QW
Received 14 Jul 2014The Oaks, Manor Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0QR
Received 14 Jul 20144 Deeping Gate, Waterlooville, PO7 8QQ
Received 14 Jul 20143 Hillside Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5BB
Received 15 Jul 201457 Aintree Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 8NG
Received 15 Jul 201485 Geoffrey Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5BH
Received 15 Jul 20142 St Marys Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9BY
Received 15 Jul 201417 First Avenue, Havant, PO9 2QN
Received 16 Jul 2014Stoke House, Northwood Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0LR
Received 21 Jul 201425 Laburnum Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 9DR
Received 17 Jul 201425 Silverdale Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 6DN
Received 16 Jul 201455 Stakes Hill Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7LD
Received 16 Jul 201419 Alten Road, Waterlooville, PO7 6DR
Received 16 Jul 2014Plots 70 & 71, Proposed Development Site at Copseys Nursery, Blenheim Gardens, Havant
Received 18 Jul 201439 Horndean Road, Emsworth, PO10 7PU
Received 21 Jul 201415-25 Heywood Gardens; 14-34 and 36-56 Baddesley Gardens; 85-105 Swanmore Road; 1-21 Calshot Road; 2-22 Southfield Road; 34-54 Larkwhistle Walk; 54-74 Woolston Road; 34-54 Gorley Court, Havant
Received 18 Jul 201414 Sinah Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0EY
Received 21 Jul 2014Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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