Yacht Haven Development Site, Copse Lane, Hayling Island Data via plota.co.uk

APP/25/00229 - Full planning permission Under Consultation

Proposal

Design changes to 1No detached boat store office building and 1No detached boat store as approved under application and a change of use to a marine related from use previously restricted by condition 4 of (purposes incidental to the use of the approved dwellings within the site, or for the purposes of the Even Keel sailing charity). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
25 Mar 2025
✓
Validated
15 Jul 2025
Decision
Target date was 9 Sept 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 470.

Documents 36

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Site constraints 10

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.
3 Article 4 directions
0164B3 · 0164B1 · 0164B2. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Special area of conservation about 364 m away: Solent Maritime; Radon affected area, class 3; SSSI about 364 m away: Chichester Harbour SSSI; National landscape about 326 m away: Chichester Harbour; Inside the Stoke built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 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 British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Full planning permission
Received
25 Mar 2025
Validated
15 Jul 2025
Ward
Hayling West
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
DTM Planning

Decision outlook

Day 470, past the statutory target. 33% of full applications in Havant are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 21 Oct 2026.

Day 470414 days past the 56-day target
12%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
87decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Havant in the last twelve months, from validation. Havant decision record →

Public comments

2comments received
1 neutral1 supporting

Last counted 21 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Havant
Planning Authority Score
3/10
Poor
#235 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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