Havant Thicket, adjacent to Sir George Staunton Country Park, Middle Park Way, Havant Data via plota.co.uk

APP/26/00574 - Approval of reserved matters Under Consultation

Proposal

Application for approval of all Reserved Matters (siting, scale, external appearance, and landscaping) relating to Phase 9 (Northwest Corner and Visitor Centre) of the Havant Thicket Reservoir development pursuant to Condition 2 of the S73 consent planning reference dated 6th December 2024 (updated 3rd September 2026). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 01:33

Application progress

✓

Received

31 Jul 2026

✓

Validated

3 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 3 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 3 Dec 2026.

Documents 92

Statements & assessments 9

PDF Statement of Community Involvement Application · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Statement of Conformity with the ES Application · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Design and Access Statement P1 (50 MB) Application · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement V.2.0 Application · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response - Hampshire County Council Arboriculture Consultee Comment · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Statement of community involvement Application · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Statement of Conformity with the Environmental Statement Application · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Havant Thicket Reservoir Visitor Centre Statement of Community Involvement Maps & Plans · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF NW Corner Reserved Matters Application - Planning Statement (Final) Application · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 62

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Redacted Application · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 18

Associated applications 9

Part of

ConditionsApproved6 Dec 2024council archive

Conditions 11, 20, 28, 29, 32, 36 discharged · 13 awaiting decision
- Reserved mattersApplication for approval of all Reserved Matters (siting, scale, external appearance…This application3 Sep 2026APP/26/00574
- Show 7 more · 3 approved, 4 pending
  - OutlineApplication for approval of all Reserved Matters (siting, scale, external appearance…23 Jul 2026APP/26/00561
  - ConditionsDetails to discharge Conditions 13 (Disabled Access), 28 (Landscaping), Condition (32 Drainage…23 Jul 2026APP/26/00542
  - ConditionsDetails to discharge Conditions 28 (Landscaping) and 36 (Ecological Mitigation, Compensation…11 Jun 2026APP/26/00435
  - Show 4 earlier · 3 approved, 1 pending
    Reserved mattersApplication for approval of all Reserved Matters (siting, scale, external appearance…10 Jun 2026APP/26/00425
    ConditionsDischarge of Condition 11 (Scheme for Night time Working).4 Dec 2025APP/25/00998
    Reserved mattersApplication for approval of all Reserved Matters (siting, scale, external appearance…1 Dec 2025APP/25/00988
    ConditionsDischarge of conditions 20, 28,29,32 and 36 relating to Phase 5 Control Room1 Dec 2025APP/25/00989

Site constraints 8

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Water SPA/Ramsar, Solent Maritime SAC, Portsmouth Harbour SPA/Ramsar

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Registered park or garden: Leigh Park (Staunton Country Park)

Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Sir George Staunton conservation area

Also Sir George Staunton. Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

National infrastructure project about 390 m away: Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Project

The site is about 390 m from the project boundary. Dam or reservoir, accepted for examination.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Habitat network: Wood pasture and parkland

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Priority habitat about 9 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Havant
Application type: Approval of reserved matters
Postcode: PO9 5HB
Received: 31 Jul 2026
Validated: 3 Sept 2026
Ward: Leigh Park Hermitage
Target decision: 3 Dec 2026
Decision level: Full Council
Applicant: Show
Agent: Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd

Public comments

34comments received

23 objecting10 neutral1 supporting

68% object · below the UK average of 74%

Last counted 4 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Committee: 31 Oct 2024

Havant

Planning Authority Score

3/10

Poor

#235 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

Havant is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #283 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 59% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

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Havant decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

94%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #39 of 296

95%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #78 of 296

31%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #283 of 296

59%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #264 of 296

82%

Minor dwellings approved

17 decided (1-9 homes)

57%

Major dwellings approved

7 decided (10+ homes)

86%

Change of use approved

21 decided

408

Total decisions

26 refused in the year to March 2026