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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.
14,894 approved · 1,120 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
5A Wallis Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7RX
Received 15 Apr 201611 Kings Road, Emsworth, PO10 7HN
Received 18 Apr 201659 Restawyle Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 0PG
Received 18 Apr 20162 Mengham Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 9JB
Received 18 Apr 2016Dolphins, Marine Walk, Hayling Island, PO11 9PQ
Received 18 Apr 20167 Salterns Close, Hayling Island, PO11 9PL
Received 18 Apr 201640 Ernest Road, Havant, PO9 3TJ
Received 19 Apr 201661 Mitchell Road, Havant, PO9 3QA
Received 19 Apr 201675 Hulbert Road, Havant, PO9 3TB
Received 19 Apr 20168 London Road, Widley, Waterlooville, PO7 5BS
Received 20 Apr 201620 Greenfield Crescent, Waterlooville, PO8 9EH
Received 19 Apr 20161 Birch Tree Close, Emsworth, PO10 7SJ
Received 20 Apr 201627 Park Crescent, Emsworth, PO10 7NT
Received 19 Apr 2016Proposed Unit, 1C Wellington Retail Park, 2 Hambledon Road, Waterlooville
Received 20 Apr 201623 Tower Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BH
Received 20 Apr 201623 Tower Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BH
Received 20 Apr 2016Land rear of and including The Coal Yard, 178A West Street, Havant, PO9 1LR
Received 20 Apr 2016Eastbound Petrol Service Station, A27 Havant Emsworth Bypass, Emsworth, PO10 7RB
Received 22 Apr 2016Eastbound Petrol Service Station, A27 Havant Emsworth Bypass, Emsworth, PO10 7RB
Received 22 Apr 201648 Maralyn Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7LL
Received 22 Apr 201626 Park Road, Purbrook, Waterlooville, PO7 5ES
Received 25 Apr 201661 Silvester Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8TJ
Received 25 Apr 201614 Nutbourne Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9RU
Received 25 Apr 201610 Pembury Road, Havant, PO9 2TS
Received 25 Apr 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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