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Havant Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Havant Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates18,522Searchable applications
281Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 16,004 approved or refused records
1,118Refused applications
14,886 approved · 1,118 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning servicesContact planning Planning enforcement enquiry and complaint formLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application advice serviceConservation areas Conservation areas and listed buildings
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.development@havant.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries02392446019Council source
- Planning enquiries03034445520Council source
- General council enquiriesplanningcompliance@havant.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas15 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas12 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Decision MadeAPP/14/01036
Change of use of existing Class A1 and A2 units to a Class A3 restaurant; extensions to existing Units 2 and 3 and use of area under part of canopy above for outside seating; rear extension to Unit 3 with extraction and ventilation equipment above and on first floor roof; alterations to shopfronts and entance doors.
1-3 North Street Arcade, Havant, PO9 1PX
Received 3 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01037
Display of 6No. signs comprising 4No. raised 3D gold lettering fascia signs in acrylic with directional lighting from soffit; 1No. illuminated wall mounted sign in powder coated frame and 1No.externally illuminated metal projecting hanging sign.
1-3 North Street Arcade, Havant, PO9 1PX
Received 3 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01039
Variation of Conditions 18 and 19 of Planning Permission 04/59412/020 to reduce restrictions on opening hours and delivery hours to units 4 & 5 (Aldi).
8-10 Park Way, Havant, PO9 1HH
Received 3 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01040
Variation of Condition No. 16 of Planning Permission APP/10/00533 (which granted permission for construction of 1No. detached 4 bed house with car port and altered access to Lower Road) to substitute approved drawings with revised plans seeking to regularise discrepancies in ground/eaves/ridge levels and finished floor levels in development undertaken on site.
Land adj. Farm Cottages, 13 Lower Road, Havant
Received 3 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01041
Single storey side extension and porch to front elevation.
15 Ilex Walk, Hayling Island, PO11 9NZ
Received 3 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01042
Crown reduce by 2.5m and reduce laterals by 1.5m, 1No. Beech tree (T1) subject to TPO 1890.
5 Castle Avenue, Havant, PO9 2RY
Received 7 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01043
Single storey front porch extension, replacement single storey rear extension and conversion of the roof space with the addition of a rear facing dormer extension to form a new bedroom on the second floor.
16 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7EP
Received 7 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01044
Prior notification for single storey development extending 4 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling, incorporating a maximum height of 3.7 metres and an eaves height of 2.3 metres.
28 Helston Drive, Emsworth, PO10 7TP
Received 3 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01045
Prior notification for single storey development extending 6.4 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling, incorporating a maximum height of 4m and an eaves height of 3 metres.
5 Underdown Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5DH
Received 6 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01046
Single storey side and rear extension.
60 Sea Front Estate, Hayling Island, PO11 9JL
Received 6 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01047
Single storey annexe to side of property.
77 St Thomas Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 0EU
Received 7 Oct 2014 - OtherAPP/14/01048
Single storey rear extension. Alterations to roof with gable build up to both sides and new rear dormer.
16 Hazelwood Avenue, Havant, PO9 3RE
Received 8 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01061
Two storey side extension to create 1No. 3 bed semi-detached house with associated parking and to provide additional living accommodation to existing dwelling (revision to approved application APP/14/00679 to show a single storey rear addition to the family/kitchen area).
25 Brights Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0JX
Received 9 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01063
Application for advertisement consent for replacement advertisements and lighting comprising: 2No. written signs. 1No. plaque, 1No. brass menu case and 1No. brass lantern to south elevation; refurbishment of existing cartouche and 1No. written signboard on west elevation; 1No. written sign on east elevation; retention of all floodlighting on building; and retention of existing pictorial with illumination and replacement gibbet and cartouche to existing freestanding sign at road frontage.
The Ship Inn, Langstone Road, Havant, PO9 1RD
Received 7 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01064
Single storey rear extension to premises including the relocation of external staircase to flat above and the formation of bin stores for the ground floor premises and for the first floor flat at ground level.
4 Purbrook Chase Precinct, Waterlooville, PO7 5QH
Received 10 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01066
Removal of existing detached garage and erection of 1No. 2 bed dwelling with access from Service Road to garage block.
29 Forest Close, Waterlooville, PO8 8JE
Received 13 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01068
Single storey side extension to extend existing garage.
31 Langstone High Street, Havant, PO9 1RY
Received 13 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01069
Retention of portacabin and ancillary structures (container stores) for communal use (club house) and yard for boat and trailer storage (following approval 07/54097/005 dated 19/06/2007)
Land adjacent to, Car Park Broadmarsh, Harts Farm Way, Havant
Received 13 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01070
Single storey rear extension and extended terrace.
2A Long Copse Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UL
Received 13 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01073
Rear and side single storey extension to semi detached dwelling.
62 Cross Way, Havant, PO9 1NG
Received 13 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01075
Display of 3No. illuminated fascia signs.
38 Park Parade, Havant, PO9 5AD
Received 13 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01077
Two-storey rear extension including balcony. (Revised Applications)
Briar Bank, Manor Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0QR
Received 14 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01078
Construction of 2No. 3 bed detached chalet style bungalows and replacement garage for No. 48.
48 Hart Plain Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8RX
Received 14 Oct 2014 - Decision MadeAPP/14/01079
Single storey side extension.
12 Lower Road, Havant, PO9 3LH
Received 14 Oct 2014
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What these statistics cover
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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