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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 dates18,618Searchable applications
275Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 16,093 approved or refused records
1,129Refused applications
14,964 approved · 1,129 refused · 122 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/12/01049
Application for written approval that the developments has been carried out in accordance with approved details relating to Conditions 23, 25 and 27 of Planning Permission 05/51184/052.
Former Procter and Gamble, Dunsbury Way, Havant
Received 10 Oct 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01056
Construction of 1No. 3 bed detached house (incorporating revisions to Planning Permission APP/10/00949 relating to conversion of integral garage to habitable accommodation and new bow fronted windows).
Plot D, 42 Highfield Avenue, Waterlooville
Received 10 Oct 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01063
Fell 1No. Leylandii (T2); crown reduce 1No. Horse Chestnut (T3) by 2m all round; all subject to TPO 1935. Crown lift 1No. Horse Chestnut (T2) to 3m; subject to TPO 0589.
Victoria House, 40 Horndean Road, Emsworth, PO10 7PT
Received 9 Oct 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01065
Application for non-material change to Planning Permission APP/10/00949 relating to western boundary alterations.
42 Highfield Avenue, Waterlooville
Received 12 Oct 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01070
New garage, garden store and summerhouse following demolition of existing single storey garage and outbuilding.
9 Inhurst Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 7QS
Received 12 Oct 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01071
Erection of new agricultural building to provide winter housing for livestock.
Northney Farm, St Peters Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0RX
Received 12 Oct 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01079
Discharge of Condition No. 2 of Planning Permission APP/12/01079.
14 Clovelly Road, Emsworth, PO10 7HL
Received 12 Oct 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01133
Variation of Condition 2 of Planning Permission APP/12/00393 to allow installation of Juliet balconies to restrict window openings.
55 Havant Road, Emsworth, PO10 7NY
Received 30 Oct 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01137
Remove 100mm lateral, 75mm lateral and other smaller growth to 1No. Silver Birch and fell 1No. Whitebeam within St Faiths Conservation Area.
Havant Arts Centre and Museum, 56 East Street, Havant, PO9 1BS
Received 30 Oct 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01142
Two storey rear extension
36 Stakes Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5LX
Received 1 Nov 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01152
Application for non material changes to Planning Permission APP/10/00533 relating to change from car port to garage, addition of porch, change to location of front door, alterations to window sizes and location, addition of new roof lights.
Land Adjacent to Farm Cottages, 13 Lower Road, Havant
Received 5 Nov 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01163
Rear conservatory. (Revised Application.)
8 Clovelly Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0SD
Received 6 Nov 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01167
Variation of Condition 9 of Planning Permission 08/50176/006, in order to permit uses within use classes B1(C), B2 and B8 of the Use Classes Order, and relief from a Section 106 agreement associated with Planning Permission 90/50176/2.
254A Havant Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0LW
Received 9 Nov 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01168
Fell 1No. Field Maple (T3) subject to TPO 1923.
Plot 14, Development Site Hampshire Farm, Westbourne Road, Emsworth
Received 9 Nov 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01169
Construction of 1No. 3 bed detached house (incorporating revisions to Planning Permission APP/10/00949 relating to a reduced ground level to the rear garden, addition of rear window and double doors at lower ground level and vertical planting to the retaining wall).
Plot E, 42 Highfield Avenue, Waterlooville
Received 9 Nov 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01171
Reduce major limb growing towards the house back to original pruning point and crown reduce canopy by 1m Oak within Area Order 1 of TPO 0996.
9 Barwell Grove, Emsworth, PO10 7XY
Received 8 Nov 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01172
Removal of 2No. Conifers, 1No. Eucalyptus, 1No. Cherry and 9No. Yucca trees, within Old Bedhampton Conservation Area.
Bidbury Lawn, Bidbury Lane, Havant, PO9 3JG
Received 8 Nov 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01179
Crown thin 1No. Willow by 10% within Group 2 of TPO 0496.
Bidbury Lawn, Bidbury Lane, Havant, PO9 3JG
Received 8 Nov 2012 - OtherAPP/12/01180
Discharge of Condition No. 2 of Planning Permission APP/12/00827.
9A Salterns Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9PH
Received 9 Nov 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01181
Amendments to approved scheme 09/72129/002 in respect of 8 plots (20-22 and 32-36 inclusive) relating to single storey extensions; new garages; separation of plots 34 and 35 and handing of plots 32-34.
Little Oaks, Hollybank Lane, and 8A Oak Tree Drive, Emsworth
Received 9 Nov 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01183
Discharge of Conditions No's 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Planning Permission 09/58042/007.
23 South Street, Havant, PO9 1BU
Received 8 Nov 2012 - OtherAPP/12/01189
Reduce height of 1No. Sycamore by 3m and spread by 1.5m to north, east and south-east, within Group Order 1 of TPO 1510.
Land adjacent to, 3 St Johns Close, Hayling Island
Received 13 Nov 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01191
Two storey side/front extension incorporating integral garage.
52 North Shore Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0HN
Received 14 Nov 2012 - Decision MadeAPP/12/01194
Change of use and conversion of dwelling to allow 4 bed Bed and Breakfast guest accommodation to operate, with remaining rooms to remain in residential use.
8 New Brighton Road, Emsworth, PO10 7PS
Received 14 Nov 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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