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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.
14,638 approved · 1,086 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Sea Front Estate, Hayling Island, PO11 9JJ
Received 7 Jan 201668 Havant Road, Emsworth, PO10 7LQ
Received 8 Jan 2016110 Greenfield Crescent, Waterlooville, PO8 9EL
Received 11 Jan 2016133 Sutton Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8PT
Received 12 Jan 20162, Chace Gardens, 141 Stakes Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5PL
Received 12 Jan 20162 Winfield Way, Emsworth, PO10 7SE
Received 13 Jan 201658 Kings Road, Emsworth, PO10 7HW
Received 13 Jan 201640 Stakes Hill Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7HY
Received 14 Jan 2016Wellington Retail Park, 2 Hambledon Road, Waterlooville
Received 14 Jan 201640 Wigan Crescent, Havant, PO9 3PP
Received 13 Jan 2016Former site of Mcdonalds Restaurant, 314-318 London Road, Waterlooville
Received 11 Jan 201617 Deanswood Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 7RB
Received 15 Jan 201623 Ferndale, Waterlooville, PO7 7PH
Received 15 Jan 201666 East Street, Havant, PO9 1QT
Received 18 Jan 201666 East Street, Havant, PO9 1QT
Received 18 Jan 2016106 London Road, Widley, Waterlooville, PO7 5AB
Received 15 Jan 2016Gooseberry Cottage, 6 Lumley Path, Emsworth, PO10 7BP
Received 18 Jan 201622 Frogmore Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 9QL
Received 19 Jan 2016607 Southleigh Road, Emsworth, PO10 7TE
Received 19 Jan 2016McDonalds Restaurant 31-33 West Street, Havant, PO9 1ER
Received 14 Jan 2016McDonalds Restaurant, 31-33 West Street, Havant, PO9 1ER
Received 14 Jan 201665 Shaftesbury Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5UZ
Received 17 Feb 20163 Finley Place, Havant, PO9 1EF
Received 18 Feb 201611 Blackthorn Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9NY
Received 18 Feb 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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