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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14,899 approved · 1,121 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
186 Sea Front, Hayling Island, PO11 9HT
Received 13 Jan 202112 Tavistock Gardens, Havant, PO9 2TL
Received 12 Jan 202145 Silverdale Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 6DN
Received 14 Jan 20219 Chichester Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 9EZ
Received 14 Jan 202118 Crystal Way, Waterlooville, PO7 8NB
Received 15 Jan 202112 Mill Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7AR
Received 18 Jan 20218 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7EP
Received 18 Jan 20217 Westbourne Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7QT
Received 22 Jan 202116 Warfield Crescent, Waterlooville, PO7 7JP
Received 26 Jan 202118 Warfield Crescent, Waterlooville, PO7 7JP
Received 18 Jan 20211-2 Church Lane, Havant, PO9 2TU
Received 1 Feb 20213 Hartwood Gardens, Waterlooville, PO8 8RA
Received 19 Feb 202152 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7ES
Received 1 Feb 202166 Havant Road, Emsworth, PO10 7LQ
Received 21 Jan 202147 Maylands Road, Havant, PO9 3NR
Received 22 Jan 2021137 Park Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5HQ
Received 25 Jan 202139 Elmleigh Road, Havant, PO9 2AB
Received 25 Jan 2021Units 1&2, Velocity, 1 Stanbridge Road, Havant, PO9 2NS
Received 25 Jan 20213 Westmead Close, Hayling Island, PO11 0DS
Received 24 Jan 20215 Farthings Gate, Waterlooville, PO7 5RG
Received 25 Jan 2021Land adj Fulflood Road, Havant
Received 26 Jan 2021133 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7SH
Received 27 Jan 202176 Padnell Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8DT
Received 27 Jan 2021181 Park Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5EY
Received 28 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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