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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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Havant planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates18,617Searchable applications
276Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 16,082 approved or refused records
1,126Refused applications
14,956 approved · 1,126 refused · 122 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning servicesContact planning Planning enforcement enquiry and complaint formLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application advice serviceConservation areas Conservation areas and listed buildings
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.development@havant.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries02392446019Council source
- Planning enquiries03034445520Council source
- General council enquiriesplanningcompliance@havant.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas15 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas12 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Decision MadeAPP/24/00487
Erection of single storey granny annex at rear of property.
12 Jessie Road, Havant, PO9 3TH
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/25/00076
Demolition of existing single storey rear conservatory and utility room, construction of single storey rear extension, partial conversion of existing garage, and new rear patio
41 Silvester Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8TJ
Received 31 Jan 2025 - Decision MadeAPP/25/00083
1No.Oak cut back overhanging branches to boundary of 5 Orsmond Close. Subject to TPO 1632 within G1.
Rear of 5 Orsmond Close, Waterlooville, PO7 7LU
Received 30 Jan 2025 - Under ConsultationAPP/25/00162
Flood and coastal erosion risk management scheme comprising a combination of raised earth embankments, raised footpaths/cycleways, sheet piled sea/flood defence walls with cladding and flood glass, provision of flood gates, associated landscaping and landscaping improvements (including street furniture), tree works and tree removals, realigned sections of cycleway/walkway, highway alterations and improvements, ecological improvements and temporary compounds and access, and all associated works. The proposal constitutes EIA development.
Land and coast adjacent to, Langstone Road, Havant
Received 8 Mar 2025 - Decision MadeAPP/25/00203
Replacement fascia signage to Sue Ryder brand signage.
28B High Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AW
Received 17 Mar 2025 - Decision MadeAPP/25/00207
Replacement fascia signage to Sue Ryder brand signage.
8 Market Parade, Havant, PO9 1QF
Received 17 Mar 2025 - Decision MadeAPP/25/00233
Fell 3No Bay. Trees within the Emsworth Conservation Area.
Land adjacent 6 to 20, South Street, Emsworth
Received 25 Mar 2025 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00881
Construction of an open-fronted double oak garage with log store and bike shed, incorporating the felling of one conifer and the following works which are covered under separate planning approvals (APP/12/00241 and APP/12/00433): the crown raise of 1no. Mulberry, the felling of 1no. Eucalyptus and the pollarding of 1No. Eucalyptus to original fork.
Bidbury Lawn, Bidbury Lane, Havant, PO9 3JG
Received 23 Aug 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00884
Single storey rear extension following removal of existing stores.
22 Gladys Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8HT
Received 28 Aug 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00889
Crown Reduce Oak to previous pruning points. Remove dead wood, crossing branches and epicormic growth. subject to TPO 0246.
25 Bacon Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0DN
Received 28 Aug 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00891
Discharge of Condition No. 3 of Planning Permission APP/12/00073.
2 New Road, Havant, PO9 1DE
Received 28 Aug 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00892
Discharge of Condition of No's 2 and 4 of Planning Permission 09/51488/004 and Condition No's 2 and 5 of Listed Building Consent 09/51488/005.
Eastney House, St Peters Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0RX
Received 24 Aug 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00893
Discharge of Condition No/s 2, 3 and 5 of Planning Permission APP/12/00614 and Discharge of Condition No/s 2, 3 and 6 of Listed Building Consent APP/12/00617.
Hall Place Cottage, South Street, Havant, PO9 1DA
Received 30 Aug 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00895
Erection of timber workshop.
Forbury, 41 Havant Road, Emsworth, PO10 7JD
Received 29 Aug 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00898
Fell 1No. Holm Oak within Area Order 1 of TPO 0963.
Victoria House, 7 The Gorseway, St Helens Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0DH
Received 29 Aug 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00908
Rear conservatory
8 Clovelly Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0SD
Received 31 Aug 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00912
Fell 1No. Oak and 15No. Saplings to create a ditch and scrape within W1 of TPO 1092.
Park Wood, Queens Road, Waterlooville
Received 5 Sept 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00914
Discharge of Condition 9 of Planning Permission APP/12/00036.
141 Havant Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0LE
Received 5 Sept 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00935
Retrospective application for change of use to allow hand car wash business, including use of jet wash facility. (Revised application.)
178A West Street, Havant, PO9 1LR
Received 10 Sept 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00936
Request for confirmation that all conditions relating to 06/59751/009 have been complied with.
Gorron House, 9 Sea Front, Hayling Island
Received 3 Sept 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00946
Discharge of Condition No. 3 of Planning Permission APP/11/01802.
Purbrook Methodist Church, Stakes Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5LX
Received 11 Sept 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00949
Reduce height of 1No. Sycamore to previous pruning points, within Group 1 of TPO 1779.
41A Bedhampton Hill, Havant, PO9 3JN
Received 11 Sept 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00951
Variation of Condition 5 of Planning Permission APP/10/00064, to allow the building to be used by other groups.
Guide Headquarters, Walton Close, Waterlooville
Received 12 Sept 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/00956
Reduce height of 1No. Sycamore to previous pruning points, within Group 1 of TPO 1779.
41B Bedhampton Hill, Havant, PO9 3JN
Received 13 Sept 2012
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What these statistics cover
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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