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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.
14,901 approved · 1,121 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Horndean Road, Emsworth, PO10 7PT
Received 3 Mar 2022134 Sea Front, Hayling Island, PO11 9HW
Received 2 Mar 202245 Victoria Road, Emsworth, PO10 7NJ
Received 3 Mar 20227 Lime Grove, Hayling Island, PO11 0HS
Received 4 Mar 202232 The Thicket, Widley, Waterlooville, PO7 5JL
Received 23 Mar 202267 Cherry Tree Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8AP
Received 4 Mar 202221 The Mallards, Havant, PO9 1SS
Received 7 Mar 202220 Morelands Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5PT
Received 7 Mar 2022Land between Dolphin House and no. 2 Dolphin Quay, Dolphin Quay, Queen Street, Emsworth
Received 4 Mar 20228 Northlands Park, Emsworth, PO10 7EY
Received 3 Mar 202217 Cavendish Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 7PJ
Received 24 Mar 202213A Forest Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8JD
Received 18 Feb 201520 Cherrywood Gardens, Hayling Island, PO11 9DE
Received 17 Feb 2015610 Southleigh Road, Emsworth, PO10 7TA
Received 23 Feb 20154 Blackdown Crescent, Havant, PO9 5AZ
Received 20 Feb 20151 Lower Road, Havant, PO9 3LH
Received 18 Feb 201560 Creek Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9RE
Received 18 Feb 201532 South Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9AE
Received 20 Feb 201528 Haslemere Gardens, Hayling Island, PO11 9SD
Received 23 Feb 2015Newtown House Hotel, Manor Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0QR
Received 20 Feb 2015Flats 1 and 4, 388 Sea Front, Hayling Island
Received 24 Feb 201589 London Road, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8XB
Received 24 Feb 20151 Lower Road, Havant, PO9 3LH
Received 24 Feb 20151 Lower Road, Havant, PO9 3LH
Received 24 Feb 2015Records 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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