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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.
14,902 approved · 1,121 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Brooklands Road, Havant, PO9 3NT
Received 27 Nov 20185 Harbourside, Havant, PO9 1TJ
Received 13 Dec 201871 Forestside Avenue, Havant, PO9 5SJ
Received 14 Dec 201829 Mill Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7AP
Received 17 Dec 201850 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7ER
Received 11 Jan 201936 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7ER
Received 11 Jan 201939 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7ER
Received 14 Jan 20195 Wellington Retail Park, 2 Hambledon Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7FG
Received 15 Jan 2019Motorworks Service Station, Petersfield Road, Havant, PO9 5HA
Received 15 Jan 2019Former site of, 1 Victoria Road, Emsworth
Received 15 Jan 2019Land adj 27 Queens Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7SB
Received 27 Jan 2019364 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7SY
Received 28 Jan 2019Former Council Depot Site, Harts Farm Way, Havant
Received 29 Jan 2019Gorseway Retirement and Nursing Home, 354 Sea Front, Hayling Island, PO11 0BA
Received 29 Jan 2019158 Havant Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0LJ
Received 30 Nov 20188 Brookmead Way, Havant, PO9 1RT
Received 30 Nov 201833 Spruce Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 8HE
Received 30 Nov 2018150 Hambledon Road, Waterlooville, PO7 6XA
Received 30 Nov 201828 Sinah Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0HH
Received 12 Dec 2018Unit 19, Arnside Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7UP
Received 4 Dec 201816 Farringdon Road, Havant, PO9 2LR
Received 5 Dec 201823 Lower Grove Road, Havant, PO9 1AS
Received 4 Dec 2018Southmere Farm, The Mallards, Havant
Received 5 Dec 2018Meadow Farm Nursery, Woodgaston Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0RL
Received 6 Dec 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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