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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14,894 approved · 1,120 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
17 Kings Road, Emsworth, PO10 7HN
Received 11 May 20167 Hollow Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9AA
Received 9 May 20162 Clovelly Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0SD
Received 10 May 201620 and 22 Queen Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BL
Received 9 May 2016The Richard Cobden Public House, 74-76 West Street, Havant
Received 10 May 201675 Hulbert Road, Havant, PO9 3TB
Received 10 May 201645A Portsdown Hill Road, Havant, PO9 3JU
Received 10 May 2016Coldharbour Farm Road, Emsworth PO10 7XA
Received 10 May 2016York Lodge, Stakes Hill Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5UB
Received 10 May 20166 Granville Close, Havant, PO9 2TR
Received 10 May 20161 Gladys Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8HT
Received 11 May 201627B Queens Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7SB
Received 10 May 2016Saxted House, 5 Tower Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BH
Received 10 May 201635 Poppy Way, Havant, PO9 2FX
Received 11 May 201623 Beechworth Road, Havant, PO9 1AX
Received 13 May 201649 Roundway, Waterlooville, PO7 7QD
Received 11 May 201614 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7EP
Received 11 May 2016104-106 Elm Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 9EH
Received 11 May 201618 St Georges Avenue, Havant, PO9 2RX
Received 11 May 201615 Winscombe Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8DX
Received 11 May 201611A Stirling Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7NH
Received 11 May 2016Langstone Lodge, 1 Langstone High Street, Havant, PO9 1RY
Received 12 May 2016Dee's Convenience Store, 41 Creek Road, Hayling Island
Received 12 May 201621 Park Parade, Havant, PO9 5AA
Received 13 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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