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363 approved · 2,368 refused · 521 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Windermere Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5EL
Received 7 Dec 20222 Marine Cottage Wennington Road Wennington Rainham RM13 9DY
Received 13 Nov 202343 Arlington Gardens Harold Wood Romford RM3 0EA
Received 5 Sept 20181A Beaumont Close Romford RM2 6LJ
Received 29 Jun 2023Plot 22Albright industrial estate Ferry Lane Rainham Essex
Received 18 Apr 201977 SWANBOURNE DRIVE HORNCHURCH RM12 6RG
Received 4 Sept 202334 Tyle Green Emerson Park Hornchurch RN11 2TB
Received 12 Apr 2019Atching Tan North Road Havering-atte-Bower ROMFORD RM4 1PX
Received 16 Mar 201811 Heather Gardens Romford RM1 4SS
Received 24 Oct 202546 MANSARD CLOSE HORNCHURCH RM12 4HS
Received 10 Jul 20199 Northwood Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4PU
Received 13 Oct 2025235 Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2RL
Received 6 Sept 201991A South Street Romford RM1 1PA
Received 14 Aug 20242A Osborne Road Hornchurch RM11 1HA
Received 29 Nov 201836 Squirrels Heath Avenue Romford RM2 6AH
Received 23 Jul 202682 SOMERSET GARDENS HORNCHURCH RM11 3QU
Received 2 Nov 20234 Clairvale Hornchurch RM11 3NA
Received 21 Oct 202528 Meadow Way Upminster RM14 3AD
Received 10 Dec 202526 Rectory Gardens Upminster RM14 3YJ
Received 15 Apr 202621 Priory Road Romford RM3 9AP
Received 4 Jul 202479 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LT
Received 22 Aug 202319 Manser Road Rainham RM13 8NP
Received 2 May 2024Ferry Lane Industrial Estate, Rainham Steel Co Ltd Lamson Road Rainham RM13 9YY
Received 27 Jun 201810 Burntwood Avenue Emerson Park RM11 3JB
Received 3 Sept 2019Records 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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