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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.
14,899 approved · 1,121 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land to the west of B&Q, Purbrook Way, Havant
Received 21 Dec 202010 Brockhampton Lane, Havant, PO9 1LZ
Received 21 Dec 202048 Sinah Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0HH
Received 21 Dec 202056 Stakes Hill Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7LB
Received 22 Dec 2020The Briars, 35 Record Road, Emsworth, PO10 7NS
Received 23 Dec 202054 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7ES
Received 23 Dec 202016 Holst Way, Waterlooville, PO7 5SJ
Received 24 Dec 2020Lake House, Bidbury Lane, Havant, PO9 3JG
Received 24 Dec 202062 Lovedean Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 8HR
Received 23 Dec 202044 Long Copse Lane, Emsworth, PO10 7UR
Received 5 Jan 202144 Bracklesham Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9SJ
Received 7 Jan 202115 Bacon Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0DN
Received 8 Jan 202127 Rogers Mead, Hayling Island, PO11 0PN
Received 4 Jan 20218 Jubilee Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7RD
Received 18 Jan 202168 Maylands Road, Havant, PO9 3NR
Received 13 Jan 202180 Bosmere Gardens, Emsworth, PO10 7NR
Received 4 Jan 202151 Fourth Avenue, Havant, PO9 2QU
Received 4 Jan 202165 St Thomas Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 0EU
Received 4 Jan 2021Horseshoe Cottage, 11 Seafields, Emsworth, PO10 7HT
Received 4 Jan 202158 Lone Valley, Waterlooville, PO7 5EB
Received 4 Jan 20212A Billett Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7SZ
Received 4 Jan 2021113 London Road, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8XJ
Received 4 Jan 202120 Chilsdown Way, Waterlooville, PO7 5DT
Received 4 Jan 202131 Durley Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8XA
Received 6 Jan 2021Records 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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