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.
599 approved · 3,239 refused · 849 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Feb 2006 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Brooklands Road Romford RM7 7DX
Received 31 May 2019191 Church Road, Harold Wood Romford RM3 0SA
Received 12 May 2023Robert Beard Youth Centre 233 High Street Romford RM11 3XU
Received 22 Jan 201657 Parkland Avenue Upminster RM14 2EU
Received 7 May 2026298-304 Beech Court Care Centre, South Street Romford RM1 2AJ
Received 30 Oct 2025132 Maybank Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5SH
Received 8 Jan 202436 Argyle Gardens Upminster RM14 3HJ
Received 30 Jul 202418 Wych Elm Road HORNCHURCH RM11 3AB
Received 17 Oct 20165 South End Road Rainham RM13 7XP
Received 19 May 202362 Station Road Upminster RM14 2TD
Received 20 Dec 202415 Rochester Road Hornchurch RM12 5AJ
Received 30 Jun 202551 Ramsay Gardens Romford RM3 7NS
Received 18 Jan 20197 The Avenue Romford RM1 4LD
Received 21 Mar 201716 Copthorne Gardens Hornchurch RM11 3DL
Received 16 Nov 201867 Ingrebourne Road Rainham RM13 9AH
Received 23 Jan 2024268 Elm Park Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4PQ
Received 19 Dec 201734 Wilton Drive Collier Row RM5 3TJ
Received 24 Aug 2016Old Bakery Cottages, North Road Romford RM4 1PP
Received 25 Mar 2026116 Saunton Road Hornchurch RM12 4HB
Received 4 Jan 201927 Heath Drive Romford RM2 5QJ
Received 25 Nov 20242 Netherpark Drive Romford RM2 5RL
Received 6 Jan 201757 Sackville Crescent Harold Wood RM3 0EH
Received 21 Mar 2017Leprechaun New Holding Gerpins Lane Upminster RM14 2XR
Received 1 Oct 2017Town Hall , Main Road Romford RM1 3BB
Received 23 Oct 2025Records 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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