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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.
14,492 approved · 1,062 refused · 114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
7 Orchard Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9JA
Received 10 Apr 201812 Stephen Close, Waterlooville, PO8 8BE
Received 22 Dec 20159 Grove Road, Havant, PO9 1AR
Received 23 Dec 201510 Sea Front, Hayling Island, PO11 9HL
Received 23 Dec 2015Former Wessex Site, 8 New Lane, Havant
Received 23 Dec 201546 Berkeley Square, Havant, PO9 2RT
Received 24 Dec 20152nd Floor, 36 Park Parade, Havant, PO9 5AD
Received 17 Dec 20153 Lower Road, Havant, PO9 3LH
Received 24 Dec 201543 Bedhampton Road, Havant, PO9 3EU
Received 24 Dec 20151 The Fishermans, Emsworth, PO10 7BS
Received 24 Dec 2015139 Elm Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 9ED
Received 24 Dec 201516 London Road, Widley, Waterlooville, PO7 5BS
Received 24 Dec 2015Lidl Supermarket, Somborne Drive, Havant, PO9 5AN
Received 24 Dec 201583 Bosmere Gardens, Emsworth, PO10 7NR
Received 29 Dec 2015Unit 3, Station Approach, North Street, Emsworth, PO10 7PW
Received 6 Jul 202065 Southbrook Road, Havant, PO9 1RL
Received 6 Jul 2020B.M Scaffolding, Brockhampton Road, Havant, PO9 1JU
Received 7 Jul 202017 King Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AX
Received 7 Jul 202096 Bedhampton Road, Havant, PO9 3EZ
Received 7 Jul 2020101 Park Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5DR
Received 2 Jul 2020The Golden Lion, 54 Bedhampton Road, Havant, PO9 3EY
Received 7 Jul 202031 Elm Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 9EA
Received 8 Jul 202080 Southleigh Road, Havant, PO9 2QL
Received 14 Jul 2020Bidbury Lawn, Bidbury Lane, Havant, PO9 3JG
Received 8 Jul 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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