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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.
14,822 approved · 1,109 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
33 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7ER
Received 24 Sept 20218 Warfield Crescent, Waterlooville, PO7 7JP
Received 23 Sept 2021Portsmouth Water Stores, Brockhampton Road, Havant, PO9 1NU
Received 29 Sept 202151 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7ES
Received 10 Sept 20211 New Cut, Hayling Island, PO11 0NB
Received 30 Sept 2021Land between, 26-32 Padnell Road, Waterlooville
Received 10 Sept 202114 Beechwood Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7LR
Received 10 Sept 2021Mulberry Lodge, 26 New Brighton Road, Emsworth, PO10 7EW
Received 13 Sept 202156A Bracklesham Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9SJ
Received 10 Sept 202117 Cotwell Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 9AP
Received 1 Oct 202139 Southbrook Road, Havant, PO9 1RL
Received 10 Sept 202158 Cotwell Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 9AW
Received 13 Sept 20219 The Brow, Waterlooville, PO7 5BY
Received 13 Sept 202152 Nutwick Road, Havant, PO9 2UJ
Received 14 Sept 202128 Park Crescent, Emsworth, PO10 7NT
Received 14 Sept 202141 Blendworth Crescent, Havant, PO9 2BA
Received 14 Sept 2021Former Buttericks Site 38 New Lane, Havant
Received 11 Oct 20212A Billett Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7SZ
Received 16 Sept 2021Footpath to front of, Co-op,140 Elm Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 9EH
Received 12 Oct 202124 Park Crescent, Emsworth, PO10 7NT
Received 16 Sept 202138 Wheatlands Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 9SQ
Received 17 Sept 2021320-322 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7DU
Received 20 Sept 2021Northney Farm Tea Rooms, St Peters Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0RX
Received 20 Sept 202173 Creek Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9RA
Received 17 Sept 2021Records 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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