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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.
14,936 approved · 1,125 refused · 121 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31A Queens Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7SB
Received 13 Sept 2022Beechgrove, St Peters Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0RX
Received 15 Sept 202285 Oaklands Road, Havant, PO9 2RL
Received 16 Sept 20223 Cottonwood Close, Purbrook, Waterlooville, PO7 5JZ
Received 14 Sept 202224 Cumberland Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7UH
Received 14 Sept 20228 Lexden Gardens, Hayling Island, PO11 0QP
Received 14 Sept 2022Hart Plain House, 2 Dryden Close, Waterlooville
Received 3 Oct 202219 Brent Court, Emsworth, PO10 7JA
Received 4 Oct 202232 Station Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0EG
Received 4 Oct 202289 Nutwick Road, Havant, PO9 2UQ
Received 24 Oct 20224 Northlands Park, Emsworth, PO10 7EY
Received 24 Oct 202274 Hambledon Road, Waterlooville, PO7 6UP
Received 25 Oct 202217 Washington Road, Emsworth, PO10 7NN
Received 26 Oct 202217 Cumberland Avenue, Emsworth, PO10 7UH
Received 24 Oct 20228 Glamis Close, Waterlooville, PO7 8JN
Received 16 Nov 202218 Beach Road, Emsworth, PO10 7JS
Received 14 Sept 202219 East Street, Havant, PO9 1AE
Received 16 Sept 2022Renown Gardens, Waterlooville
Received 19 Sept 202224 Grove Road, Havant, PO9 1AR
Received 20 Sept 202260 Lower Road, Havant, PO9 3LJ
Received 20 Sept 202221 Kennedy Close, Waterlooville, PO7 5NY
Received 20 Sept 202250 Bath Road, Emsworth, PO10 7ER
Received 20 Sept 2022Land adjacent to 223 High Lawn Way, Havant, PO9 5BU
Received 22 Sept 202232 New Lane, Havant, PO9 2NG
Received 21 Sept 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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