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.
360 approved · 2,343 refused · 514 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Sept 2013 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
136 Upper Rainham Road Hornchurch RM12 4EE
Received 17 Aug 2018Beehive Court, Arundel Road Romford RM3 0RS
Received 23 Jun 20237A Nelmes Road Hornchurch RM11 3JA
Received 16 Sept 202482 Deyncourt Gardens Upminster RM14 1DG
Received 29 Nov 201846 Hyland Way Hornchurch RM11 1DW
Received 22 Jun 20266 Meadway Romford RM2 5NU
Received 8 Oct 202432 Oak Avenue Upminster RM14 2LB
Received 13 May 20193 Kenway Rainham RM13 9PY
Received 31 May 201916 Woodlands Road Romford RM1 4HD
Received 11 Sept 202626 Beechfield Gardens Romford RM7 0EJ
Received 26 Sept 20183 Brockley Crescent Colliers Row Romford RM5 3LA
Received 1 May 201913 Hulse Avenue Romford RM7 8NT
Received 10 Aug 202312 Tamar Close Upminster RM14 1QH
Received 23 Jun 202619 The Chase Romford RM1 4BE
Received 14 Dec 2018Chippenham Road Land bounded by Chippenham Road, Kings Lynn Drive, Darftiel Romford RM3 8HX
Received 18 Feb 2026236 St Andrews Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5EB
Received 15 Sept 20255 Ronald Road Romford RM3 0RB
Received 8 Nov 20242 The Fairway Upminster RM14 1BS
Received 18 May 201817 Kent View, Wennington Road, Wennington Rainham RM13 9DT
Received 4 Aug 202382 Heath Park Road Romford RM2 5XH
Received 8 Jan 2024197 London Road ROMFORD RM7 9DJ
Received 14 Jan 201816 AVENUE ROAD HAROLD WOOD ROMFORD RM3 0SU
Received 23 Apr 201820 Tudor Avenue Romford RM2 5LB
Received 10 Aug 2018Bush Farm Bramble Lane Upminster RM14 2XL
Received 15 Apr 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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