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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.
602 approved · 3,259 refused · 856 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19A Cardinal Way Rainham RM13 9RB
Received 5 Jun 202413 Grey Towers Avenue Hornchurch RM11 1JE
Received 3 Dec 2015Harold Wood Hospital Gubbins Lane Harold Wood RM3 0BE
Received 31 Mar 20169 Avelon Road Romford RM5 3XU
Received 5 Dec 2023Sacred Heart Of Mary R C School St Marys Lane Upminster RM14 2QR
Received 24 Oct 201884 Marlborough Gardens Upminster RM14 1SG
Received 1 Aug 202454 Priory Road Romford RM3 9AT
Received 20 Sept 202477 Suttons Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 4NE
Received 21 Jul 201727 Humber Drive Upminster RM14 1PT
Received 25 Oct 2018135 FORD LANE RAINHAM RM13 7AT
Received 22 Jun 202619 Manser Road Rainham RM13 8NP
Received 27 Jul 202311 Queens Gardens Upminster RM14 1NQ
Received 26 Feb 201958 Lynwood Drive Romford RM5 2QX
Received 19 Oct 2018149 Daventry Road ROMFORD RM3 7RD
Received 26 Oct 20178 Esk Way ROMFORD RM1 4YH
Received 17 Oct 2016222-226 South Street Romford RM1 2AD
Received 1 Feb 201954 Mawney Road Romford RM7 7HT
Received 30 Jan 2026228 St Marys Lane Upminster Essex RM14 3DH
Received 19 Apr 201769 Ingrebourne Gardens Upminster RM14 1BN
Received 16 Aug 2018Garage Site Rear of Harold Court 1-8 The Walk Hornchurch RM11 3TL
Received 29 Sept 202515 Norfolk Road Romford RM7 9DL
Received 1 Oct 2025Phase 2A (Block B) & Phase 2B, Former Harold Wood Hospital Gubbins Lane Harold Wood RM3 0BE
Received 31 May 2017Esso Collier Row Service Station Collier Row Road Romford RM5 2BB
Received 5 Feb 20194 Millbrook Gardens Gidea Park Romford RM2 5RP
Received 22 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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