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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 dates18,626Searchable applications
276Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 16,106 approved or refused records
1,131Refused applications
14,975 approved · 1,131 refused · 122 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2005 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/23/01082
Application to vary S106 dated 12.6.2013 to amend the mortgagee exclusion clause (at clause 8.17 of Schedule 2) linked to planning permissions APP/12/01222 and APP/14/00767.
2, 4, 5-8 (inclusive), and 10 Lupine Road, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 2FT; 1-8 (inclusive) Crocus Court, Lupine Road, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 2FU; 2-8 (even) Poppy Way, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 2FX and 29-49 (odd) Glenleigh Park, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 2PH
Received 10 Oct 2023 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00011
Demolition of existing garage, office / studio and adjacent shed. Replacement with a larger two storey structure to encompass a two car garage with lift, wood and metal working workshop, pottery studio, home office, garden storage and plant room for solar panel and battery control gear.
Kenchwood, Ferry Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0DA
Received 3 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00019
Installation of 2No rapid electric vehicle charging stations within the car park. 3No existing parking spaces will become 2No EV charging bays, along with associated equipment.
McDonalds Restaurant, Larchwood Avenue, Havant, PO9 3BF
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00032
Engineering works to reconfigure existing drainage ponds.
Land East of Manor Farm Close, Havant
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00037
Amendment to previous permission (APP/20/00939) for alterations to roof to create first floor living accomodation with dormers on the front, east side and rear with rooflights.
52 Sandy Point Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9RR
Received 4 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00044
1 No. Oak tree remove 3 metres from the limb to the east (leaving 4 metres). Crown reduction to leave 2 metre clearance from No.3 and No.5 Ladybridge Road. Tree subject to TPO 1420.
5 Ladybridge Road, Waterlooville, PO7 5RP
Received 6 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00048
Deconstruction and rebuilding of damaged South chimney stack in a conservation area.
Sunnyfields, St Peters Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0RT
Received 21 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00053
Application to determine whether prior approval is required for the method of demolition of multi storey car park including slab removal and the proposed restoration of the site.
Multi Storey Car Park, Bulbeck Road, Havant
Received 22 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00057
Fell 1No. multi stemmed Sycamore (T13) and 1No. Sycamore (T14). Subject to TPO 0496.
St Thomas Church, Bidbury Lane, Havant
Received 24 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00060
Crown reduction of 3.No Poplar trees with pruning between 0.15 and 0.3 meters below previous pollarding points. Within A1 of TPO Area 0963.
7 The Gorseway, St Helens Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0DH
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00075
Fell 1No Holly within Conservation Area of Emsworth.
8 King Street, Emsworth, PO10 7AZ
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00079
Fell 1 No Oak. Subject to A1 of TPO 2017.
Padnell Infant School, Padnell Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8DS
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00083
Change of use of mobile home for use as holiday accommodation (AirBnB).
Cedar Orchard, Copse Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 0QB
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00089
Crown reduce 1No. Beech by 4-4.5m to leave a remaining height of 12-13 metres, reduce the spread by 3.5-4m to leave a spread of 11-12 metres. Subject to TPO 1710.
82 The Brow, Waterlooville, PO7 5DA
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00094
Crown raise 1No. Lime (T6, marked T1 on plan) to 7 metres on northern sector overhanging boundary and to remove growths as shown in photographs. Subject to TPO 1363.
3 Khandala Gardens, Waterlooville, PO7 5UA
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00095
1 No. English Oak (T1) - Fell. Subject to TPO 1202
1 Dorrita Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8HU
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00097
Fell 2No. English Oak (T6 / T7 on the Sketch Plan) Subject to (W1) TPO: 1253
10A Longwood Avenue, Waterlooville, PO8 8HX
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00104
Erection of 1.8 metre fence around the boundary of the property.
37 Lombardy Rise, Waterlooville, PO7 8EB
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00130
Installation of a hard stand/drive on part of the front garden to support the charging of electric vehicles.
2 Towers Garden, Havant, PO9 1RZ
Received 18 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00137
Variation of Condition 4 of Planning Permission APP/15/00286 relating to change of occupier to and to include the use of the part of the premises as a treatment room for skin therapy (sui generis) and part of the premises to be used for training on the products sold.
Unit 21, Wren Centre, Westbourne Road, Emsworth, PO10 7SU
Received 31 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00140
Proposed two storey side extension with open ground floor and loft conversion with hip to gable end and rear dormer.
27 St Johns Avenue, Waterlooville, PO7 5QX
Received 21 Feb 2024 - OtherAPP/24/00164
Application for Non Material Amendment to Planning Permission APP/23/00840 relating to alteration to flat roof design on rear extension.
30 Greenfield Crescent, Waterlooville, PO8 9EJ
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00166
Erection of an enclosed front porch extension. Extension of existing canopy roof to join up with proposed front porch roof.
17 Mengham Avenue, Hayling Island, PO11 9JB
Received 3 Mar 2024 - Decision MadeAPP/24/00207
1 No. Oak (T8) crown width reduction by 4m, leaving a crown spread of 12m. Tree subject to TPO 1262.
31 Webb Lane, Hayling Island, PO11 9JF
Received 17 Mar 2024
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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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