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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.
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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14,899 approved · 1,121 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Belmont Castle Rest Home, 18-20 Portsdown Hill Road, Havant, PO9 3JY
Received 24 Oct 2018Belmont Castle Rest Home, 18-20 Portsdown Hill Road, Havant, PO9 3JY
Received 24 Oct 2018Northney Farm, St Peters Road, Hayling Island
Received 24 Oct 2018Eastbound Petrol Service Station, Havant-Emsworth Bypass, Emsworth, PO10 7RB
Received 24 Oct 201817 Lockerley Road, Havant, PO9 2HB
Received 24 Oct 2018196-198 Sea Front, Hayling Island
Received 25 Oct 2018St Josephs Catholic Church, West Street, Havant, PO9 1LP
Received 25 Oct 20181 Kitwood Green, Havant, PO9 5QN
Received 25 Oct 20183 South Close, Havant, PO9 2TD
Received 30 Oct 2018Land at the junction of Eagle Avenue and Huntsman Close, Waterlooville, PO8 9GJ
Received 3 Dec 2018Land adjacent to 43 Serpentine Road, Widley, Waterlooville, PO7 5EE
Received 22 Nov 201865 Southleigh Road, Havant, PO9 2QQ
Received 22 Nov 2018St James House, Stamford Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 0BJ
Received 22 Nov 2018Land off Larchwood Avenue (Former Stantons Yard), Larchwood Avenue, Havant
Received 22 Nov 2018Land off Larchwood Avenue (Former Stantons Yard), Larchwood Avenue, Havant
Received 21 Nov 2018Stoke Farm, Northwood Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0LR
Received 26 Nov 2018Tulip Tree House, Mill Lane, Langstone, Havant, PO9 1RX
Received 23 Nov 20181 Foxcott Grove, Havant, PO9 5BX
Received 23 Nov 2018Tulip Tree House, Mill Lane, Langstone, Havant, PO9 1RX
Received 23 Nov 201839 West Street, Havant, PO9 1LA
Received 26 Nov 201841A St Catherines Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0HF
Received 26 Nov 2018Sinah House, Ferry Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0DG
Received 31 Oct 20182 Davis Cottages, 1B Padnell Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8DZ
Received 29 Oct 2018Langstone Quays, Northney Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0NQ
Received 29 Oct 2018Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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