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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Havant Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
14,935 approved · 1,126 refused · 121 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Fourth Avenue, Havant, PO9 2QU
Received 22 Aug 2022Former Dairy Crest Depot, Dunsbury Way, Havant
Received 18 Aug 202212 Nile Street, Emsworth, PO10 7EE
Received 24 Aug 20227 Western Parade, Emsworth, PO10 7HS
Received 24 Aug 202231 Wraysbury Park Drive, Emsworth, PO10 7UU
Received 25 Aug 2022Cowplain School, Hart Plain Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8RY
Received 25 Aug 202214 Hartwood Gardens, Waterlooville, PO8 8RA
Received 28 Aug 2022Former site of Forty Acres, Havant Road, Havant
Received 30 Aug 202222 Westbourne Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7QU
Received 30 Aug 202216 Dayslondon Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5NN
Received 30 Aug 2022Trinity Cottage, 41 South Street, Emsworth, PO10 7EG
Received 31 Aug 2022Trinity Cottage, 41 South Street, Emsworth, PO10 7EG
Received 31 Aug 202212 Bramley Close, Waterlooville, PO7 7SU
Received 31 Aug 2022111 West Street, Havant, PO9 1LE
Received 31 Aug 2022Land north of, Station Road, Hayling Island
Received 1 Sept 2022264 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7HG
Received 1 Sept 202211 Kingsey Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7HP
Received 2 Sept 202210 Kingsey Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7HP
Received 5 Sept 202234 Wittering Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9SP
Received 3 Sept 20227 St Marys Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9BY
Received 5 Sept 202287 Ferndale, Waterlooville, PO7 7PQ
Received 5 Sept 2022391 Purbrook Way, Havant, PO9 3SE
Received 18 Aug 202268 Church Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0NX
Received 18 Aug 2022102 London Road, Widley, Waterlooville, PO7 5AB
Received 18 Aug 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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