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363 approved · 2,374 refused · 522 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 Ingrebourne Gardens Upminster RM14 1BN
Received 15 Apr 20242 Bear Close Romford RM7 9PS
Received 18 Oct 202234 Hacton Lane Hornchurch RM12 6PB
Received 20 May 201949 Briscoe Road Rainham RM13 9QE
Received 18 Jul 2024Royal Oak, North Road, Havering-atte-bower Romford RM4 1PP
Received 12 May 202327 Wallenger Avenue Romford RM2 6EP
Received 2 Sept 2024148 Briscoe Road Rainham RM13 9QQ
Received 24 Mar 2026Liberty Shopping Centre 39 Western road Romford RM13RL
Received 6 Jun 2018Kingswood Lodge 63 Main Road Romford RM2 5EH
Received 12 Sept 20238 Karen Close Rainham RM13 8NU
Received 16 Sept 202511 Gainsborough Road Rainham RM13 7DL
Received 17 Apr 202445 Fleet Avenue Upminster RM14 1PZ
Received 24 Sept 202528 Rosewood Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5LH
Received 31 Oct 20251 Stanley Close Romford RM2 5DP
Received 9 Dec 202520 WALDEN AVENUE RAINHAM RM13 8DU
Received 17 Jan 20251 Hainault Road Romford RM5 3AA
Received 19 May 2026Charles House Station Road Harold Wood Romford RM3 0BP
Received 8 Apr 2019178 Ardleigh Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2SU
Received 15 Sept 2025148 SUNNYSIDE GARDENS UPMINSTER RM14 3DR
Received 16 Dec 2024Upper Bedfords Farm 109 Lower Bedfords Road Romford RM1 4DQ
Received 12 Nov 201850 Kings Gardens Upminster RM14 1JU
Received 20 Jan 2023150 Turpin Avenue Romford RM5 2HZ
Received 9 Feb 2026162 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 6BS
Received 29 Mar 201870 Collingwood Lane Rainham Essex RM13 8SZ
Received 11 Mar 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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