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599 approved · 3,241 refused · 853 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Orchard Hacton Lane Hornchurch RM14 2YE
Received 19 Nov 202550 BARTON AVENUE ROMFORD RM7 0ND
Received 25 May 2018The Pompadours Edenhall Road Romford RM3 8DP
Received 16 Aug 201944 Chestnut Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4HN
Received 17 Feb 201682 Askwith Road Rainham RM13 8ER
Received 13 Jul 201819 Preston Road Romford RM3 7YU
Received 1 Mar 202333 Hamlet Road Romford RM5 2DS
Received 26 Mar 201834 CHESTNUT AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM12 4HN
Received 27 Apr 201821 STATION ROAD UPMINSTER RM14 2SS
Received 5 Sept 202336 Hamilton Avenue ROMFORD RM1 4RP
Received 25 Apr 201759 Rutland Drive Hornchurch RM11 3EW
Received 12 Nov 2018White Lodge Main Road ROMFORD RM2 6NR
Received 19 Oct 201645 Beechfield Gardens Romford RM7 0EJ
Received 28 Nov 20256 Rothbury Avenue RAINHAM RM13 9HT
Received 19 Dec 20174 Hartland Road Hornchurch RM12 4AD
Received 10 May 201913 Wallenger Avenue Romford RM2 6EP
Received 13 Jan 2025Rainham Marshes Silt Lagoons Rainham Marshes Rainham RM13 9YQ
Received 15 Apr 2026The Albany School Broadstone Road Hornchurch RM12 4AJ
Received 4 Sept 2019319 BRENTWOOD ROAD ROMFORD RM2 5SX
Received 9 May 202529 Risebridge Road Gidea Park RM2 5PR
Received 17 Feb 2017108 Harrow Drive Hornchurch RM11 1NX
Received 3 Jul 202554 Mount Pleasant Road Romford RM5 3YL
Received 19 Aug 2019114 Bruce Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4HY
Received 8 Jun 201868 Frinton Road Romford RM5 2ER
Received 9 Jan 2023Records 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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