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.
365 approved · 2,377 refused · 522 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Brackendale Gardens Upminster RM14 3UU
Received 8 Jan 20191 Milton Road Romford RM1 2QB
Received 6 Jul 201885 Howard Road Upminster RM14 2UG
Received 19 Jul 2024the old station day nursery Ltd 22 Collier Row Lane Collier Row RM5 3BP
Received 21 Mar 201868 Coniston Way Hornchurch RM12 5EH
Received 27 Nov 202514A Lower Mardyke Avenue Rainham RM13 8PP
Received 2 Feb 2023Santander 73-77 South Street Romford RM1 1NL
Received 8 Sept 20261, 3, 5 Tweed Way and 368, 370, 372, 374 Havering Road ROMFORD RM1 4AZ
Received 30 May 202414 Curtis Road Hornchurch RM11 3NP
Received 10 Jul 202461 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 5JX
Received 20 Oct 202510 Arlington Gardens Romford RM3 0EA
Received 28 Mar 202416 Woodstock Avenue ROMFORD RM3 9NF
Received 18 Apr 20181A Nelmes Way Hornchurch RM11 2QY
Received 1 Oct 202610 Little Aston Road Romford RM3 0SP
Received 24 Oct 2025Fernside House Broxhill Road Havering-atte-bower Romford RM4 1QH
Received 28 Jan 202660 Elmhurst Drive Hornchurch RM11 1PF
Received 27 Nov 201830 Kimberley Avenue Romford RM7 9JP
Received 1 Mar 201942 Hyland Close Hornchurch RM11 1DX
Received 1 Jun 202341 ALDBOROUGH ROAD UPMINSTER RM14 2RP
Received 9 Jan 20231 Roseacre Close Hornchurch RM11 3NJ
Received 8 Feb 202420 Station Lane Hornchurch RM12 6NJ
Received 9 Sept 202524 Wickford Drive Romford RM3 9SH
Received 5 Aug 201943 Westbury Terrace Upminster Essex RM14 3LU
Received 8 Aug 20199 Lodge Avenue Romford RM2 5AB
Received 27 Dec 2023Records 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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