Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Havering. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
551 approved · 3,047 refused · 779 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 May 2008 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
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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.
26 Westlyn Close Rainham RM13 9JP
Received 17 Mar 201760 Bartlow Gardens Romford RM5 3TX
Received 11 Apr 20239 Alan Gardens Romford RM7 0HD
Received 19 Sept 2024Wanderers Haven Animal Sanctuary Front Lane Cranham RM14 1LW
Received 19 Oct 2018310 Eastern Avenue East Romford RM2 5RA
Received 10 Dec 2018145 Turpin Avenue Romford RM5 2LU
Received 12 Aug 20247 Esk Way Romford RM1 4YH
Received 1 Jul 20261 Woodside Close RAINHAM RM13 9PB
Received 6 Dec 201732 Southdown Road Hornchurch RM11 1LL
Received 18 Mar 201959 Tring Gardens Romford RM3 9EJ
Received 13 Mar 201727 Heath Park Road Havering Romford RM2 5UB
Received 6 Feb 2023288 Brentwood Road H And R Higginson Romford RM2 5TA
Received 22 May 20191 Warrington Gardens Hornchurch RM11 2AG
Received 22 May 2023103 The Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4JQ
Received 30 Jul 202691 Nelmes Crescent Hornchurch RM11 2PP
Received 10 Nov 202376 Parkway Romford RM2 5PL
Received 4 Jul 2025154 Abbs Cross Lane Hornchurch RM12 4XR
Received 24 Dec 20258 Brook Road Romford RM2 5QT
Received 22 May 2023136 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 5JX
Received 12 Dec 202493 Turpin Avenue Romford RM5 2LU
Received 30 May 20245 Nelson Road Rainham RM13 8AU
Received 8 Nov 2018101 Harrow Crescent Romford RM3 7BJ
Received 3 Mar 2026Rydal Mount North Road Havering-atte-Bower ROMFORD RM4 1QA
Received 13 Nov 201724 Gisborne Gardens Rainham RM13 8JL
Received 18 Apr 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for London Borough of Havering, 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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