Havant Planning Objection: Deadline & Contact

Where to send your comments on a Havant planning application, how long you have, and what counts as a valid objection.

At a glance

Time to comment
At least 21 days from the neighbour letter or site notice (14 from a newspaper or website notice, 30 with an Environmental Statement). Your letter, the site notice or the portal gives the exact date.
How to submit
Online, via Havant’s planning portal, quoting the application reference.
Look up a Havant application

Council directory last updated October 2026.

Havant planning department contact

Havant Borough Council is a local planning authority in England. Its planning applications are published on the Arcus planning register, at service.havant.gov.uk.

How to submit this

Published contact, from our council directory

Find the application on service.havant.gov.uk and comment there.

If you can’t comment online, Havant also lists planning.development@havant.gov.uk.

Havant planning objection deadline

In England the statutory minimum is 21 days from when a site notice is first displayed or a neighbour notice is served, 14 days from a newspaper or website notice, and 30 days where the application comes with an Environmental Statement. (Development Management Procedure (England) Order 2015, articles 15 and 33). That’s a minimum: Havant can allow longer.

Getting the Havant application details

Enter the reference from your notification letter and Planning Defender fetches the application and its key documents from Havant’s planning website. It usually takes under a minute.

Havant planning decisions in numbers

In the 12 months to June 2026, Havant decided 407 planning applications and granted 94%.

Applications decided
407
Granted
94%
Householder applications granted
95%
Decided on time
76%

Havant decided 269 householder applications (extensions and other changes to a single house) in the same period and granted 95%. Overall, 76% of applications were decided within the statutory time limit or an agreed extension.

How Havant compares

Havant granted 94% of applications, above the England figure of 87%. For householder applications it granted 95%, above the England figure of 90%. 76% of applications were decided within the statutory time limit or an agreed extension, below the England figure of 90% - 298th of 310 on this measure. See how every England council ranks in our council planning league table.

These figures describe Havant’s past decisions overall, not how any one application will go.

Source: MHCLG live tables on planning application statistics (table PS2), 12 months to June 2026, published 24 September 2026. Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0. England figures: all English planning authorities.

What counts as a valid objection

Havant’s case officers can only weigh material planning considerations, not personal preferences. Our guide to objecting to a planning application explains what counts. These guides cover the grounds that come up most often:

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Frequently asked questions

How do I submit a planning objection to Havant?
Havant Borough Council planning objections can be sent via the council's online comment form, quoting the application reference with your full name and address.
What's the deadline to object to a Havant planning application?
At least 21 days from the neighbour letter or site notice (14 from a newspaper or website notice, 30 with an Environmental Statement); the date on your notification letter, the site notice or Havant's planning portal is the one that applies.

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