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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.
14,900 approved · 1,121 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Churchfields, Manor Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0QX
Received 6 Nov 20183 Farm Cottages, Lower Road, Havant, PO9 3LJ
Received 7 Nov 201825 Applewood Grove, Waterlooville, PO7 5DL
Received 7 Nov 201817 The Thicket, Widley, Waterlooville, PO7 5JL
Received 8 Nov 201811 Blackthorn Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9NY
Received 9 Nov 2018140 Cherry Tree Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8AX
Received 13 Nov 201834 Aldermoor Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5ND
Received 7 Nov 2018391 Purbrook Way, Havant, PO9 3SE
Received 8 Nov 201818 Queens Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7SB
Received 8 Nov 2018Convent Court, 47 Havant Road, Emsworth
Received 8 Nov 2018Telecommunications Mast, Fishery Lane, Hayling Island
Received 8 Nov 201812 Queen Street, Emsworth, PO10 7BL
Received 8 Nov 201889 London Road, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8XB
Received 8 Nov 20181A Milton Road, Waterlooville, PO7 6AB
Received 15 Nov 20183 First Avenue, Havant, PO9 2QN
Received 9 Nov 2018210 Havant Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0LN
Received 9 Nov 2018Shotton Court, 19-23 Creek Road, Hayling Island
Received 8 Nov 201822 Haslemere Gardens, Hayling Island, PO11 9SD
Received 12 Nov 20183 Aldermoor Road East, Waterlooville, PO7 5NG
Received 13 Nov 201836 The Brow, Waterlooville, PO7 5BZ
Received 13 Nov 20187 Fern Drive, Havant, PO9 2YH
Received 8 Nov 201854 Stakes Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5NT
Received 14 Nov 2018B & Q Plc, Purbrook Way, Havant, PO9 3QJ
Received 13 Nov 201840 Bosmere Gardens, Emsworth, PO10 7NP
Received 14 Nov 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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