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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14,900 approved · 1,121 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
49 St Thomas Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 0EU
Received 16 Nov 201819 South Street, Havant, PO9 1BU
Received 9 Jun 201643 Hart Plain Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8RX
Received 13 Jun 2016104-106 Elm Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 9EH
Received 13 Jun 201612 Fishery Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9NP
Received 13 Jun 201611 Compton Close, Havant, PO9 2DA
Received 13 Jun 201622 Yew Tree Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8AJ
Received 9 Jun 20161 Salterns Close, Hayling Island, PO11 9PL
Received 10 Jun 2016338 Sea Front, Hayling Island, PO11 0BA
Received 13 Jun 2016106 Newbarn Road, Havant, PO9 3PY
Received 14 Jun 2016Scottish and Southern Energy, Martin Road, Havant, PO9 5TH
Received 14 Jun 20162 Simmons Green, Hayling Island, PO11 9PP
Received 15 Jun 201661 Church Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0NR
Received 15 Jun 2016104-106 Elm Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 9EH
Received 16 Jun 20164 Brookfield Close, Havant, PO9 3BB
Received 16 Jun 20169 Brewster Close, Waterlooville, PO8 8HY
Received 16 Jun 201613B St Georges Walk, Waterlooville, PO7 7TU
Received 16 Jun 20163 Marrels Wood Gardens, Purbrook, Waterlooville, PO7 5RS
Received 16 Jun 201610 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7EP
Received 17 Jun 201613-15 Park Parade, Havant, PO9 5AA
Received 20 Jun 20169 The Precinct, London Road, Waterlooville
Received 20 Jun 201667 Birch Tree Drive, Emsworth, PO10 7RU
Received 21 Jun 201633 Park Crescent, Emsworth, PO10 7NT
Received 20 Jun 2016Northwood Farmhouse, Northwood Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0LR
Received 21 Jun 2016Records 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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