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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.
14,628 approved · 1,085 refused · 118 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
6 Church Path, Emsworth, PO10 7DP
Received 2 Sept 20141 The Gorseway, St Helens Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0DH
Received 2 Sept 201478 Southwood Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9QF
Received 1 Sept 201476 Westbourne Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7QU
Received 3 Sept 201415 Auriol Drive, Havant, PO9 3LR
Received 4 Sept 201447 Southleigh Road, Havant, PO9 2QQ
Received 4 Sept 201411 Harbourside, Havant, PO9 1TJ
Received 9 Sept 201451 Park Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0HT
Received 8 Sept 2014Hollybank Farm, Long Copse Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UL
Received 8 Sept 201427 Portsdown Hill Road, Havant, PO9 3JU
Received 10 Sept 2014Sainsbury's, Hambledon Road, Waterlooville
Received 5 Sept 201451 Hollybank Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UE
Received 9 Sept 201424 Hamilton Close, Havant
Received 4 Jan 201623 Mengham Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9JX
Received 5 Jan 20164 First Avenue, Havant, PO9 2QN
Received 5 Jan 20169 Lower Road, Havant, PO9 3LH
Received 4 Jan 2016Bosmere Junior School, South Street, Havant, PO9 1DA
Received 5 Jan 2016626 Southleigh Road, Emsworth, PO10 7TA
Received 6 Jan 201611 Bladon Close, Havant, PO9 2QA
Received 6 Jan 2016Land bounded by Solent Road, Brockhampton Lane and Selbourne Road, Havant
Received 6 Jan 20161A Milton Road, Waterlooville, PO7 6AB
Received 7 Jan 2016Land - Stables adjacent to Hollybank Cottage, Long Copse Lane, Emsworth
Received 8 Jan 20169 Marrels Wood Gardens, Purbrook, Waterlooville, PO7 5RS
Received 7 Jan 201618 Brent Court, Emsworth, PO10 7JA
Received 11 Jan 2016Records 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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