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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.
360 approved · 2,343 refused · 514 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Faringdon Service Station Faringdon Avenue Romford RM3 0AB
Received 22 Jul 202442 Mashiters Walk Romford RM1 4BX
Received 14 Feb 20196 Tees Drive ROMFORD RM3 9AJ
Received 20 Jan 201874 Ravenscourt Grove Hornchurch RM12 6HH
Received 30 Oct 2018Select Cleaners 170 Collier Row Lane Romford RM5 3EA
Received 5 Sept 2025Parkside 65 Main Road Romford RM2 5EH
Received 12 Mar 202520 Mcintosh Road Romford RM1 4JJ
Received 30 Mar 20266A PARKLAND AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 2HA
Received 11 Aug 2025Land off Folkes Lane Upminster RM14 1TH
Received 14 Sept 20232 Brooklands Road Romford RM7 7DX
Received 29 Aug 201812 Crossways Romford RM2 6AA
Received 26 Aug 2025Unit 6 3-11 Grenfell Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4DN
Received 29 Oct 2018THE FOUNTAINS CARE CENTRE 12 THEYDON GARDENS RAINHAM RM13 7TU
Received 28 Jul 202349 Balgores Lane Gidea Park Romford RM2 5JU
Received 4 Jul 202312 Western Avenue Romford RM2 6EH
Received 23 Jun 2026146 Eyhurst Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4NW
Received 2 Sept 2025278 Mawney Road Romford RM7 8DL
Received 5 Dec 202355 Hall Lane Upminster RM14 1AG
Received 10 Sept 201911 Willow Street Romford RM7 7LJ
Received 1 Jul 20191 Diamond Court Park Lane Hornchurch RM11 1EN
Received 25 Sept 2019164 Sackville Crescent Romford RM3 0ED
Received 25 Feb 20191 Liberty Cottages North Road Havering-atte-bower Romford RM4 1QA
Received 2 Nov 202230 Maclennan Avenue Rainham RM13 9SS
Received 26 Oct 202327 Bartlow Gardens Romford RM5 3UA
Received 27 Oct 2025Records 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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