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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.
599 approved · 3,240 refused · 849 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Denver Industrial Estate Ferry Lane Rainham RM13 9DD
Received 29 Aug 20195 Ruskin Gardens Romford RM3 7BE
Received 6 Mar 201978 George Street Romford RM1 2DS
Received 17 May 2018Unit 22 Laurie Walk The Liberty Centre ROMFORD RM1 3RL
Received 16 May 20171 Elm Road Romford RM7 8HH
Received 25 Jul 2024The Moon and Stars 99-103 South Street ROMFORD RM1 1NX
Received 9 Oct 201710 Oxford Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3ES
Received 11 Oct 202363 Lessington Avenue Romford RM7 9ED
Received 21 Jan 201917 Heath Drive Romford Essex RM2 5QH
Received 30 Oct 2017Hare Lodge Upper Brentwood Road ROMFORD RM2 6LA
Received 8 May 2017107 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4ER
Received 17 Dec 2024182-184 High Street Hornchurch RM12 6QP
Received 29 Nov 202416 Palm Road Romford RM7 7AR
Received 27 Dec 2018245A Mawney Road Romford RM7 8DJ
Received 19 Jul 2018Erraid, Lambs Lane North Rainham RM13 9XT
Received 9 Oct 2024Land bound by Waterloo Road to the east; the Great Eastern M Cotleigh Road to the west; and London Road to the north Romford
Received 4 Sept 202446 Percival Road Hornchurch RM11 2AH
Received 4 Apr 2016BADON COURT 38 AVELON ROAD ROMFORD RM5 3FH
Received 27 Nov 20231A Jersey Road Rainham RM13 7DR
Received 1 May 20184 Reed Pond Walk Gidea Park Romford RM2 5PB
Received 7 Aug 2019590 Upper Brentwood Road Romford RM2 6HU
Received 14 Dec 202316 STAFFORD AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM11 2EU
Received 21 Apr 20179 Avelon Road Romford RM5 3XU
Received 5 Nov 202561 Geoffrey Avenue Romford RM3 0YJ
Received 21 Aug 2019Records 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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