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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551 approved · 3,047 refused · 779 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Golden Lion 2 High Street Romford RM1 1HR
Received 4 Oct 201628 Osborne Road HORNCHURCH RM11 1HA
Received 31 Oct 201748 Bell House Road Romford RM7 0LS
Received 9 Nov 2016108 Park Drive Upminster RM14 3AT
Received 15 Sept 2025334 Main Road Romford RM2 6PA
Received 14 Aug 2025Emerson Park School Wych Elm Road Hornchurch RM11 3AD
Received 14 Jan 201933 Prospect Road Hornchurch RM11 3TY
Received 9 Dec 20244 Reed Pond Walk Romford RM2 5PB
Received 22 Nov 20178 Bush Elms Road HORNCHURCH RM11 1LS
Received 27 Apr 201729 The Broadway Hornchurch RM12 4RW
Received 13 Feb 202380 Cambridge Avenue ROMFORD RM2 6QU
Received 4 Apr 2017Carlisle House 198 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2NX
Received 24 Jan 202357 Rosebank Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5QU
Received 3 Nov 2018264 London Road ROMFORD RM7 9NA
Received 4 Apr 2017105-111 South Street ROMFORD RM1 1NX
Received 9 Feb 201854 Albany Road HORNCHURCH RM12 4AF
Received 21 Dec 2017287 Goodwood Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6DD
Received 18 Oct 2018109 Upminster Road Hornchurch RM11 3XH
Received 3 May 201853 Northumberland Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2HJ
Received 28 May 201985 BRISCOE ROAD RAINHAM RM13 9QG
Received 18 Mar 202411 Ashleigh Gardens Upminster RM14 3AX
Received 16 Aug 201945 Standen Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 6AD
Received 17 Oct 201720 Nelmes Road Hornchurch RM11 3JA
Received 15 Apr 202495 Forest Road Romford RM7 8DU
Received 12 Nov 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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