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.
602 approved · 3,262 refused · 866 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Heather Glen Romford RM1 4SR
Received 6 Feb 202612 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LU
Received 9 Oct 202488 Carnforth Gardens Hornchurch RM12 5DP
Received 21 Jan 2016135 New Road Rainham RM13 8ES
Received 2 Oct 202344 Blacksmiths Lane Rainham RM13 8AH
Received 19 Dec 201881 Lodge Lane ROMFORD RM5 2ES
Received 9 May 201794 HARLOW ROAD RAINHAM RM13 7UA
Received 23 Jan 202421A Frederick Road Rainham Essex RM13 8NJ
Received 22 Sept 2016155 Hall Lane UPMINSTER RM14 1AX
Received 31 Mar 201626 Dorking Road ROMFORD RM3 9AE
Received 30 Jan 2017169 PARKSIDE AVENUE ROMFORD RM1 4NL
Received 10 May 20247 Constable Mews Upminster RM14 3BH
Received 20 Jun 201923 HAYNES ROAD HORNCHURCH RM11 2HS
Received 4 Jan 201848 Willow Street Romford RM7 7LD
Received 15 Jan 201854 St Marys Lane Upminster RM14 2QP
Received 26 Nov 2024Shell Romford Service Station 203 Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2SL
Received 9 Dec 2022184-186 South Street Romford RM1 1TR
Received 8 Aug 202232 Roslyn Gardens Romford RM2 5RD
Received 26 Nov 202410 Anstead Drive Rainham Essex RM13 7QS
Received 1 Feb 2017116 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4EJ
Received 13 May 2026Unit A 315 Collier Row Lane Romford RM5 3ND
Received 10 Jul 20236 Locke Close Rainham RM13 7LD
Received 18 Oct 202289 Park Lane Hornchurch RM11 1BH
Received 9 Apr 20268 Gelsthorpe Road Romford RM5 2NA
Received 4 Aug 2026Records 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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