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551 approved · 3,047 refused · 779 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Carfax Road Hornchurch RM12 4BA
Received 27 Aug 202585 Crossways Gidea Park
Received 23 Jul 20189 Somerset Gardens Hornchurch RM11 3QT
Received 23 Oct 201834 Holden Way Upminster RM14 1BT
Received 14 Nov 201888 Kenilworth Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4SF
Received 30 May 201787 Elmhurst Drive HORNCHURCH RM11 1NZ
Received 18 May 201750 Tawny Avenue Upminster RM14 2EP
Received 24 Feb 2026Excel House 1 Hornminster Glen Hornchurch RM11 3XL
Received 27 Mar 201952 Stapleton Crescent Rainham RM13 7HA
Received 12 Jun 202685 Havering Road Romford RM1 4RA
Received 29 Jun 20269 Billet Lane Hornchurch RM11 1TS
Received 19 Apr 20184 Howard Road Upminster RM14 2UF
Received 30 Jul 20254 Theydon Gardens RAINHAM RM13 7TU
Received 23 Feb 2017South Street, Outside No. 13/15 South Street Romford, RM1 1NJ
Received 15 Jun 2018127 Briscoe Road Rainham RM13 9QQ
Received 8 Jan 2024P D Moore Rear Of 34 Junction Road Romford RM1 3QR
Received 24 Sept 2019Bond Court 29 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2JT
Received 20 Sept 202343 BARTON AVENUE ROMFORD RM7 0NB
Received 3 Aug 201733 Arlington Gardens Romford RM3 0EA
Received 9 Apr 2018Corner Farm Fen Lane North Ockendon Upminster RM14 3RB
Received 6 Jun 2018248 Highfield Road Romford RM5 3AW
Received 17 Oct 20231 Blenheim Court Northolt Way Horncurch RM12 5RX
Received 15 Jun 201720 New Hall Drive ROMFORD RM3 0EL
Received 23 Jun 2017Warley 275kV Electricity Substation Clay Tye Road Warley
Received 1 Jun 2017Records 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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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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