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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14,894 approved · 1,120 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
21 Grove Road, Havant, PO9 1AR
Received 29 Apr 201680 Lone Valley, Waterlooville, PO7 5EB
Received 28 Apr 201633 Haslar Crescent, Waterlooville, PO7 6DB
Received 3 May 201620 and 22 Queen Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BL
Received 9 May 2016Land adjacent to Riders Junior and Infant School, Kingsclere Avenue, Havant, PO9 4RY
Received 9 May 2016Cranbrook Villa, Copse Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0RJ
Received 31 May 20162 Leigh Road, Havant, PO9 2ET
Received 25 May 2016117 Elm Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 9ED
Received 26 May 20161 The Thicket, Widley, Waterlooville, PO7 5JL
Received 27 May 201618 Victoria Road, Emsworth, PO10 7NH
Received 27 May 201632A Elm Close Estate, Hayling Island, PO11 9AT
Received 27 May 2016Unit 7, Arnside Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7UP
Received 27 May 2016152 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5SS
Received 27 May 2016Flat A, 29 Queen Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BJ
Received 27 May 201626A St Helens Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0BT
Received 31 May 20162 Harestock Road, Havant, PO9 3EA
Received 4 May 20161 Balmoral Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 5EL
Received 5 May 201649 Hulbert Road, Havant, PO9 3TB
Received 6 May 2016Marks and Spencer, Solent Retail Park, Solent Road, Havant
Received 4 May 201628A Ramblers Way, Waterlooville
Received 5 May 2016McDondalds, 31-33 West Street, Havant, PO9 1ER
Received 5 May 201684 Barncroft Way, Havant, PO9 3AH
Received 6 May 201684 Barncroft Way, Havant, PO9 3AH
Received 6 May 201619-23 and 29-31 Creek Road, Hayling Island
Received 9 May 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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