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.
371 approved · 2,390 refused · 528 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
46 HAVERING ROAD ROMFORD RM1 4QU
Received 17 Apr 2023Rainham Wall Engineering Site Previously Rainham
Received 18 May 201832 Lakeside Rainham RM13 9SW
Received 18 Oct 2018368 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3BU
Received 26 Feb 2024412 Brentwood Road Romford RM2 6DH
Received 5 Aug 201911 Nelmes Road Hornchurch RM11 3HX
Received 28 Sept 202361 Newmarket Way Hornchurch RM12 6DS
Received 4 Apr 2019Ferry Lane Industrial Estate, Rainham Steel Co Ltd Lamson Road Rainham RM13 9YY
Received 8 Oct 20181 DEE CLOSE UPMINSTER RM14 1QD
Received 3 May 201883 Westmoreland Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2EF
Received 19 Feb 20195 BERKELEY AVENUE ROMFORD RM5 3TA
Received 16 Oct 2024244 Corbets Tey Road Upminster RM14 2BS
Received 5 May 20239 Nelmes Crescent Hornchurch RM11 2PX
Received 21 Oct 2025133 Main Road Romford RM2 6LS
Received 9 Oct 2023The Old Rectory The Chase Upminster RM14 3YB
Received 15 Apr 2024116-118 High Street Hornchurch RM12 4UT
Received 3 Jun 202675 RUSH GREEN ROAD ROMFORD RM7 0PU
Received 5 Jun 2024161A Hacton Lane Hornchurch RM14 2YE
Received 2 Apr 202525 Grosvenor Gardens Upminster RM14 1DL
Received 21 Mar 2018Land to rear of 64 and 66 Stanley Road north Rainham RM13 8BJ
Received 28 Jun 202410 Broadway Romford RM2 5NS
Received 4 Oct 202515 Great Nelmes Chase Hornchurch RM11 2PS
Received 27 Jul 201858 Rectory Gardens Upminster RM14 3YJ
Received 11 Sept 20232 Hubbards Chase Hornchurch RM11 3DJ
Received 8 May 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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