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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14,921 approved · 1,125 refused · 120 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land to South of 2 Aubin Wood, Emsworth, PO10 7UA
Received 2 Apr 2019Unit 19, Arnside Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7UP
Received 3 Apr 20194 Bembridge Drive, Hayling Island, PO11 9LU
Received 29 Mar 201985 Shaftesbury Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5UU
Received 1 Apr 201926 Ingledene Close, Havant, PO9 1DG
Received 9 Apr 201912 Roundway, Waterlooville, PO7 7QA
Received 29 Mar 201941 Bedhampton Road, Havant, PO9 3EU
Received 1 Apr 2019Waterlooville Bowling Club, Rowlands Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7HU
Received 1 Apr 20196 Exeter Close, Emsworth, PO10 7QG
Received 2 Apr 2019Stanford Lodge, 18 Fourth Avenue, Havant, PO9 2QX
Received 2 Apr 2019Little Foxes, Rose Hill, Waterlooville, PO8 9QU
Received 1 Apr 2019Waitrose, 12 North Street, Havant, PO9 1PR
Received 2 Apr 201939 Beach Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0JB
Received 3 Apr 201941 St Marys Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9DB
Received 3 Apr 201934 Langstone Road, Havant, PO9 1RF
Received 4 Apr 201914 Market Parade, Havant, PO9 1QF
Received 3 Apr 201956 Salterns Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9PJ
Received 5 Apr 201952 Salterns Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9PJ
Received 5 Apr 201926 Shaftesbury Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5HW
Received 5 Apr 201967 Southleigh Road, Havant, PO9 2QQ
Received 5 Apr 2019Lewmar Marine Ltd, Southmoor Lane, Havant, PO9 1JJ
Received 8 Apr 2019Unit 10, Dukes Walk, Waterlooville, PO7 7HS
Received 9 Apr 2019Land adjacent, Fulflood Road, Havant
Received 9 Apr 2019Unit 6, Dunsbury Park, Garwood Road, Havant, PO9 4FE
Received 9 Apr 2019Records 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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