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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Havant Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Havant website
14,951 approved · 1,126 refused · 121 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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Land south of Lower Road and west of Old Manor Farm, Havant
Received 7 Aug 20244 Deanswood Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 7RR
Received 29 Jul 202454 Warblington Road, Emsworth, PO10 7HH
Received 29 Jul 2024Meadow Farm Nursery, Woodgaston Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0RL
Received 2 Aug 2024Rothery House, Waterberry Drive, Waterlooville, PO7 7XX
Received 30 Jul 2024Fernwood House, 45-47 London Road, Cowplain, Waterlooville
Received 30 Jul 202443 Elizabeth Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7LZ
Received 31 Jul 20247 Broadmeadows Lane, Waterlooville, PO7 8QL
Received 31 Jul 202437 Galaxie Road, Waterlooville, PO8 9AT
Received 31 Jul 202432 St Marys Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9DB
Received 31 Jul 202458 Silvester Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8TS
Received 20 Aug 202433 Langstone Road, Havant, PO9 1RB
Received 2 Aug 202423 Nutwick Road, Havant, PO9 2UG
Received 7 Aug 202464 Rownhams Road, Havant, PO9 4QD
Received 6 Aug 202425 Alameda Way, Waterlooville, PO7 5HA
Received 6 Aug 202421 Mengham Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9BG
Received 5 Aug 2024335-339 Milton Road, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8LH
Received 30 Jul 2024335-339 Milton Road, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8LH
Received 30 Jul 202462 Greenfield Crescent, Waterlooville, PO8 9EJ
Received 30 Jul 202466 Purbrook Gardens, Waterlooville, PO7 5LD
Received 30 Jul 202429 Yew Tree Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8AH
Received 4 Dec 2024Street Record, Well Meadow, Havant
Received 8 Aug 20245 Westgrove Gardens, Bridge Road, Emsworth, PO10 7DR
Received 2 Sept 2024St Catherines Court, 390 Sea Front, Hayling Island
Received 18 Sept 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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