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.
600 approved · 3,248 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
85 Marlborough Gardens Upminster RM141SQ
Received 18 Dec 201514 Mason Drive Harold Wood ROMFORD RM3 0WU
Received 15 Apr 201628 Charlotte Gardens Romford RM5 2ED
Received 19 Jul 202454 Courtenay Gardens Upminster RM14 1DD
Received 4 Sept 20254 Raider Close Romford RM7 8PJ
Received 5 Feb 2026130 Dartfields ROMFORD RM3 8AW
Received 26 May 201713 Moray Close Romford RM1 4YJ
Received 9 Mar 2026Imperial Autoworks Ltd, Walden Avenue Rainham RM13 8DR
Received 23 Feb 2026105 Springfield Gardens Upminster RM14 3ES
Received 24 Mar 201646 New Zealand Way Rainham RM13 8JD
Received 30 Jun 202311 Heather Way Romford RM1 4SX
Received 30 May 201847 Lodge Lane Romford RM5 2LJ
Received 26 Jan 201657 Masefield Crescent Romford RM3 7PB
Received 27 Apr 2026590 Upper Brentwood Road Romford RM2 6HU
Received 1 Aug 202337 Rosewood Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5LH
Received 4 Jun 201840 COLLIER ROW LANE ROMFORD RM5 3BE
Received 12 Jun 2023Land at Priory Road Harold Hill Romford RM3 9AP
Received 8 Dec 2025135 Mawney Road Romford RM7 7BH
Received 13 Jul 2023160 Hall Lane UPMINSTER RM14 1AT
Received 28 Nov 201629-33 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2JT
Received 13 Oct 201687 Hornchurch Road Hornchurch RM11 1DT
Received 11 Jun 2026Pavement O/s 191 Station Lane, Hornchurch London RM12 6LL
Received 21 Nov 201824 Mungo Park Road Rainham RM13 7PA
Received 16 Sept 201592 Deyncourt Gardens Upminster RM14 1DQ
Received 21 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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