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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.
14,921 approved · 1,124 refused · 120 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Bracklesham Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9SJ
Received 24 Aug 2016Wessex Self Drive Depot, Fulflood Road, Havant
Received 25 Aug 201690 West Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0JN
Received 25 Aug 2016B & Q Plc, Purbrook Way, Havant, PO9 3QJ
Received 25 Aug 201623 South Street, Emsworth, PO10 7EG
Received 25 Aug 201643 South Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9AE
Received 2 Sept 2016Land to South of 2 Aubin Wood, Emsworth, PO10 7UA
Received 2 Sept 201624 Ha'penny Dell, Waterlooville, PO7 5RQ
Received 30 Aug 201633A London Road, Widley, Waterlooville, PO7 5AS
Received 30 Aug 20167 Avondale Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7ST
Received 31 Aug 201611 Bound Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9HU
Received 2 Sept 201622 Frogmore Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 9QL
Received 27 Oct 201642 Park Way, Havant, PO9 1HH
Received 26 Oct 201623 Brunswick Gardens, Havant, PO9 3HZ
Received 26 Oct 20167 Russell Road, Havant, PO9 2DG
Received 27 Oct 2016208 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7AN
Received 27 Oct 201626 Esher Grove, Waterlooville, PO7 6XG
Received 27 Oct 201646 St Catherines Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0HF
Received 1 Sept 201611 The Dale, Waterlooville, PO7 5DB
Received 2 Sept 2016158 Sea Front, Hayling Island, PO11 9HP
Received 6 Sept 2016Aura House, New Road, Havant, PO9 1DE
Received 6 Sept 20165 Mill Lane, Langstone, Havant, PO9 1RX
Received 5 Sept 201616A Oaklands Grove, Waterlooville, PO8 8PS
Received 6 Sept 201631 Yew Tree Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8AH
Received 6 Sept 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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