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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.
14,897 approved · 1,121 refused · 120 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Driftway House, Mill Lane, Langstone, Havant, PO9 1RX
Received 29 Jan 2015Saxted House, 5 Tower Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BH
Received 29 Jan 20152 Pine Grove, Havant, PO9 2RW
Received 29 Jan 201573 Brook Gardens, Emsworth, PO10 7JZ
Received 2 Feb 201522 Rails Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9LL
Received 2 Feb 201522 Rails Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9LL
Received 2 Feb 201513-14 Langstone High Street, Havant, PO9 1RY
Received 2 Feb 201513-14 Langstone High Street, Havant, PO9 1RY
Received 2 Feb 20156 Greenfield Crescent, Waterlooville, PO8 9EH
Received 2 Feb 201530 High Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AR
Received 26 Jan 20159 Morley Crescent, Waterlooville, PO8 8JG
Received 3 Feb 2015Bidbury Mead Recreation Park, Bidbury Lane, Havant
Received 4 Feb 2015139 Elm Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 9ED
Received 30 Jan 201522 The Dale, Waterlooville, PO7 5DE
Received 4 Feb 2015Vernon Cottage, 11 Fairfield Road, Havant, PO9 1BA
Received 2 Feb 201568 Roundway, Waterlooville, PO7 7QD
Received 2 Feb 2015274 Sea Front, Hayling Island, PO11 0AZ
Received 30 Jan 201560 Wheatlands Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 9SQ
Received 2 Feb 201530 High Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AR
Received 30 Jan 201564 West Street, Havant, PO9 1PA
Received 4 Feb 2015314 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7DU
Received 4 Feb 201518 St Thomas Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 0EX
Received 6 Feb 2015Warblington Lodge Cottage, The Gardens, Havant, PO9 2XH
Received 5 Feb 201557 New Lane, Havant, PO9 2JJ
Received 5 Feb 2015Records 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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