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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.
14,894 approved · 1,120 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
59-61 Langstone Road, Havant, PO9 1RB
Received 2 Jul 2018110 The Dale, Waterlooville, PO7 5DF
Received 9 Jul 201830 Longmead Gardens, Havant, PO9 1RR
Received 11 Jul 20185 Neville Gardens, Emsworth, PO10 7XZ
Received 3 Jul 201848 Sea Front, Hayling Island, PO11 9HL
Received 3 Jul 201832 Fourth Avenue, Havant, PO9 2QX
Received 4 Jul 2018Mulberry, 3B Mill Lane, Langstone, Havant, PO9 1RX
Received 5 Jul 201846 St Catherines Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0HF
Received 5 Jul 201822 Esher Grove, Waterlooville, PO7 6XG
Received 9 Jul 2018Land adj 56 Kings Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0PD
Received 12 Jul 20184A Record Road, Emsworth, PO10 7NS
Received 12 Jul 20184 Lindens Close, Emsworth, PO10 7PY
Received 11 Jul 2018Old School House 5 School Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7ED
Received 12 Jul 2018Royal Oak, 19 Langstone High Street, Havant, PO9 1RY
Received 11 Jul 2018Land rear 70-76 West Street, Havant, PO9 1LN
Received 13 Jul 201836 Cotwell Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 9AW
Received 13 Jul 2018Unit 1, Station Approach, North Street, Emsworth, PO10 7PW
Received 11 Jul 201823 Tower Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BH
Received 27 Jul 201823 Tower Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BH
Received 27 Jul 2018Land at, 194-196 Dunsbury Way, Havant
Received 26 Jul 2018Northney Marina, Hayling Island, PO11 0NH
Received 27 Jul 201818 Reedmace Close, Waterlooville, PO7 8HH
Received 30 Jul 20182 High Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AE
Received 30 Jul 20182 High Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AE
Received 30 Jul 2018Records 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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