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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.
14,922 approved · 1,125 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Havant Road, Emsworth, PO10 7JG
Received 27 May 20226 Westbourne Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7QU
Received 28 May 20229 Seafields, Emsworth, PO10 7HT
Received 28 May 202240 Frogmore Lane, Waterlooville, PO8 9QL
Received 30 May 20224 Queen Annes Drive, Havant, PO9 3PG
Received 1 Jun 20226 Wren Grove, Havant, PO9 5FL
Received 1 Jun 202287 Stakes Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5NR
Received 1 Jun 202250 Westbourne Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7QU
Received 6 Jun 202289 St Marys Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9DD
Received 6 Jun 202289 St Marys Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9DD
Received 6 Jun 2022128C Park Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5DP
Received 6 Jun 202216 Leigh Road, Havant, PO9 2ET
Received 7 Jun 202254 Gladys Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8HS
Received 7 Jun 202221 Fraser Road, Havant, PO9 3EJ
Received 7 Jun 202221 Park Parade, Havant, PO9 5AA
Received 9 Jun 202223 St Andrews Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9JN
Received 9 Jun 20224 Culver Drive, Hayling Island, PO11 9LX
Received 9 Jun 202260 Lower Road, Havant, PO9 3LJ
Received 1 Jun 20225 Westbourne Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7QT
Received 9 Jun 202231 Wraysbury Park Drive, Emsworth, PO10 7UU
Received 10 Jun 2022The South Downs College, College Road, Purbrook, Waterlooville, PO7 8AA
Received 10 Jun 2022533 Southleigh Road, Emsworth, PO10 7TF
Received 10 Jun 2022Land adjacent Lesperance, Victoria Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0LU
Received 10 Jun 2022164 Cherry Tree Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8AX
Received 17 Jun 2022Records 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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