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551 approved · 3,047 refused · 779 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
19 DEE WAY ROMFORD RM1 4XA
Received 26 Jul 2017Phases 2B and 4B, Former Harold Wood Hospital Gubbins Lane Harold Wood RM3 0BE
Received 18 Mar 201964 White Hart Lane ROMFORD RM7 8JB
Received 27 Mar 201751 Sackville Crescent Romford RM3 0EH
Received 14 Oct 202248 Betterton Road Rainham RM13 8NB
Received 2 Apr 2025Grass verge opposite no.9 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3SU
Received 25 Sept 2026Coral Romford Stadium, London Road Romford RM7 9DU
Received 17 Jul 202674 Marks Road Romford RM7 7AH
Received 5 Sept 202452 Grenfell Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4DN
Received 12 Jan 2024Land at Rom Valley Way (formerly Romford Ice Rink) Rom Valley Way Romford
Received 30 Mar 202628 Dunton Road Romford RM1 4AH
Received 10 Oct 201615 David Drive Romford RM3 0YA
Received 5 Aug 201945 Fairholme Avenue Romford RM2 5UP
Received 13 Jul 20164 Park Avenue Upminster RM14 1JS
Received 12 Nov 202551 The Mount Noak Hill Romford RM3 7LJ
Received 10 Jan 2017Units 9 -11 Brookes Trading Estate Lyon Road ROMFORD RM1 2AT
Received 28 Jun 201723 Erroll Road Romford Essex RM1 3DJ
Received 26 Apr 2019406C Brentwood Road Romford RM2 6DH
Received 21 Nov 2025Neale Court Upminster Road Hornchurch RM11 3XP
Received 24 Oct 20241-5 High Street Romford RM1 1JU
Received 23 Jul 201983 Peterborough Avenue Upminster RM14 3LL
Received 8 Jul 2025122 Grange Road Romford RM3 7EA
Received 1 Sept 202610 KNIGHTSBRIDGE GARDENS ROMFORD RM7 9AD
Received 15 Feb 2019Access Storage Solutions 12 Southend Arterial Road Hornchurch RM3 0BX
Received 29 Jul 2018Records 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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