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Havant Thicket, adjacent to Sir George Staunton Country Park, Middle Park Way, Havant

Awaiting decision Havant APP/26/00561 Outline planning permission: Some matters reserved

Relates to APP/24/00312

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Proposal

Application for approval of all Reserved Matters (siting, scale, external appearance, and landscaping) relating to Phase 6 (Forestry England Track Raising) of the Havant Thicket Reservoir development pursuant to Condition 2 of the S73 consent planning reference APP/24/00312 dated 6th December 2024.

As published by the council, reference APP/26/00561

Application record

Reference
APP/26/00561
Type
Outline planning permission: Some matters reserved
Status
Under Consultation
Received
23 Jul 2026
Validated
23 Jul 2026
Decision by
Planning Committee

Site history

Applications at this address on the Havant register

This site has had 7 applications since 2022: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • APP/26/00574 Awaiting decision

    Havant Thicket, adjacent to Sir George Staunton Country Park, Middle Park Way, Havant

    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 APP/24/00312 dated 6th December 2024 (updated 3rd September 2026).

    Submitted 31 Jul 2026 Reserved matters
  • APP/26/00542 Awaiting decision

    Havant Thicket, adjacent to Sir George Staunton Country Park, Middle Park Way, Havant

    Details to discharge Conditions 13 (Disabled Access), 28 (Landscaping), Condition (32 Drainage Management Plan) and 36 (Ecological Mitigation, Compensation and Enhancement Measures) in respect of Phase 6 (Forestry England Track Raising) of planning permission reference APP/24/00312 dated 6th December 2024.

    Submitted 23 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • APP/26/00425 Awaiting decision

    Havant Thicket, adjacent to Sir George Staunton Country Park, Middle Park Way, Havant

    Application for approval of all Reserved Matters (siting, scale, external appearance, and landscaping) relating to Phase 4 (Southern Access Road) of the Havant Thicket Reservoir development pursuant to Condition 2 of the S73 consent planning reference APP/24/00312 dated 6th December 2024.

    Submitted 10 Jun 2026 Reserved matters
  • APP/24/00312 Granted

    Havant Thicket, adjacent to Sir George Staunton Country Park, Middle Park Way, Havant

    Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in respect of Conditions 2 and 3 of the Hybrid permission planning reference APP/20/00990 dated 15th October 2021 for proposed changes to the size and alignment of the main reservoir embankment (approved 6.12.24). Request to discharge conditions 4, 5 (CEMP Temp. Workers Accom), 5 (CEMP), (6, 9, 10, 12, 27, 36, 39), 20, 25, 26, 28 (phase 2), 28 (phase 3), 32 (phase 2), 32 (phase 3), 35, 36 (phase 3) - (recd 23.12.24).Request to Discharge condition 4 (Phasing Plan) ( rcvd 23.06.25). Request to Discharge Conditions28 & 36 (Phase 3) received 21/10/2025 (See APP/25/00856). Request to Discharge Condition 11 RCVD 04.12.25 (See APP/25/00998) Request to discharge conditions 20, 28,29,32 and 36 (APP/25/00989) received 1.12.25. Request to Discharge condition 4 (see APP/26/00334) rcvd 15.05.26. Request to discharge conditions 13,28,32 & 36 (Phase 6) see APP/26/00542 rcvd 23.07.26.

    Decided 6 Dec 2024 Amendments
  • APP/24/00311 Granted

    Havant Thicket, adjacent to Sir George Staunton Country Park, Middle Park Way, Havant

    Application for approval of all Reserved Matters (siting, scale, external appearance and landscaping) relating to Phase 3 (Main Embankment) of the Thicket Reservoir development pursuant to condition 2 of the Hybrid permission planning reference APP/20/00990 dated 15th October 2021. Application to discharge condition 2 (see APP/25/00641)

    Decided 20 Dec 2024 Reserved matters
  • APP/22/00681 Granted

    Havant Thicket, adjacent to Sir George Staunton Country Park, Middle Park Way, Havant

    Application for approval of all Reserved Matters relating to Phase 1 (northern access route from Manor Lodge Road (B2149)) of the Havant Thicket Reservoir Project (Hybrid permission APP/20/00990) and approval of condition Nos: 2, 13, 20, 27, 28, 32, 36, 37, 38 and 39 also in relation to the northern access route.

    Decided 24 Feb 2023 Reserved matters

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Jul 2026

    Received by Havant

  2. 1 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 5 Aug 2026

    Status changed to Under Consultation

    Previously Valid.

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 17 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Havant took a median of 78 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • APP/24/00312 Granted

    Havant Thicket, adjacent to Sir George Staunton Country Park, Middle Park Way, Havant

    Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in respect of Conditions 2 and 3 of the Hybrid permission planning reference APP/20/00990 dated 15th October 2021 for proposed changes to the size and alignment of the main reservoir embankment (approved 6.12.24). Request to discharge conditions 4, 5 (CEMP Temp. Workers Accom), 5 (CEMP), (6, 9, 10, 12, 27, 36, 39), 20, 25, 26, 28 (phase 2), 28 (phase 3), 32 (phase 2), 32 (phase 3), 35, 36 (phase 3) - (recd 23.12.24).Request to Discharge condition 4 (Phasing Plan) ( rcvd 23.06.25). Request to Discharge Conditions28 & 36 (Phase 3) received 21/10/2025 (See APP/25/00856). Request to Discharge Condition 11 RCVD 04.12.25 (See APP/25/00998) Request to discharge conditions 20, 28,29,32 and 36 (APP/25/00989) received 1.12.25. Request to Discharge condition 4 (see APP/26/00334) rcvd 15.05.26. Request to discharge conditions 13,28,32 & 36 (Phase 6) see APP/26/00542 rcvd 23.07.26.

    Decided 6 Dec 2024 Amendments

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

28 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Havant for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Havant's median decision took 78 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

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