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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14,899 approved · 1,121 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
55 High Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AN
Received 22 Oct 2018Havant and Waterlooville Football Club, Martin Road, Havant, PO9 5TH
Received 16 Oct 2018Land South of Manor Road, Hayling Island
Received 16 Oct 20182 Chalton Crescent, Havant, PO9 4PT
Received 17 Oct 2018Tree adj 67-69 Purbrook Gardens, Waterlooville, PO7 5LD
Received 17 Oct 2018Lake House, Bidbury Lane, Havant, PO9 3JG
Received 18 Oct 20185A King Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AX
Received 18 Oct 20185A King Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AX
Received 18 Oct 201823 Beechworth Road, Havant, PO9 1AX
Received 15 Oct 201815 Elm Park Road, Havant, PO9 2AD
Received 17 Oct 201811 Clinton Road, Waterlooville, PO7 6DT
Received 18 Oct 20187 Manor Close, Havant, PO9 1BD
Received 18 Oct 201818 Eastwood Close, Hayling Island, PO11 9DY
Received 26 Oct 201812 Town Hall Road, Havant, PO9 1AN
Received 26 Oct 20184 Ditcham Crescent, Havant, PO9 3BY
Received 29 Oct 201817 Lester Avenue, Havant, PO9 3HE
Received 25 Oct 201844 Wheatlands Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 9SQ
Received 22 Oct 201897 Havant Road, Emsworth
Received 22 Oct 20182 Hazleton Way, Waterlooville, PO8 9AD
Received 23 Oct 201832 Sandy Brow, Waterlooville, PO7 5JR
Received 22 Oct 201833 Frogmore Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 9QN
Received 23 Oct 2018224A Southwood Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9QQ
Received 22 Oct 201840 East Street, Havant, PO9 1AQ
Received 22 Oct 201815 Manor Close, Havant, PO9 1BD
Received 23 Oct 2018Records 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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