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.
363 approved · 2,368 refused · 521 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
O/S 2-3 Station Parade Hornchurch RM12 5AB
Received 12 Sept 202341 Cross Road Romford RM7 8AU
Received 14 Aug 202627 Horndon Road Romford RM5 3EP
Received 13 Mar 2019Land adj to 4 Castle Close Romford RM3 7LN
Received 30 Apr 2024Mawney Close Garage Block Mawney Close Romford RM7 8EJ
Received 2 Oct 2023Shine-Mart Ltd, Unit 1 - 1A Spilsby Road Harold Hill Romford RM3 8SB
Received 7 Mar 2019318 Crow Lane Romford RM7 0HJ
Received 18 Jul 2018100 South Street Romford RM1 1RX
Received 29 Jan 202419 Nelmes Way Hornchurch RM11 2QY
Received 23 Jul 20259 Cardinal Way Rainham RM13 9RB
Received 17 Sept 202470 Belgrave Avenue Romford RM2 6PO
Received 2 Sept 201934 Argyle Gardens Upminster RM14 3HJ
Received 21 Aug 2023Queens Moat House St Edwards Way ROMFORD RM1 4DD
Received 14 Dec 2017100 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 5JU
Received 16 Oct 202355 Parsonage Road Rainham RM13 9LN
Received 31 Jul 202519 Cranham Gardens Upminster Essex RM14 1JG
Received 16 Jan 2019148 Southend Arterial Road Hornchurch RM2 6PR
Received 4 Jun 201934 ROXBURGH AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 3BA
Received 29 Jan 2018Havering Sixth Form College Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3TB
Received 25 Sept 202310 Parkway Romford RM2 5NT
Received 21 Nov 202284A Upminster Road South Rainham RM13 9AA
Received 20 Nov 202388 Parkway Romford RM2 5PL
Received 26 Feb 202478 Mawney Road Romford RM7 7HU
Received 2 Sept 2019Outside 100 High Street Hornchurch RM12 4UH
Received 22 Jul 2024Records 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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