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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.
372 approved · 2,399 refused · 532 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64 GELSTHORPE ROAD ROMFORD RM5 2NA
Received 9 Dec 2025LAND ADJOINING 51 EDMUND ROAD RAINHAM RM13 8LX
Received 22 Oct 20248 Greenock Way Romford RM1 4RT
Received 10 Nov 202333 Maidstone Avenue Romford RM5 3DB
Received 31 Oct 202539 Lawns Way Romford RM5 3TT
Received 22 Oct 20185 Ferguson Avenue Gidea Park RM2 6RB
Received 14 Jun 20185 Ayloffs Walk Hornchurch RM11 2RJ
Received 13 May 20248 The Brewery Romford RM1 1AU
Received 25 May 2023268 Main Road Romford RM2 6LU
Received 14 Jun 202429 The Crescent Cranham RM14 1JZ
Received 29 Jan 201941 Havering Drive Romford RM1 4BH
Received 11 Sept 201827 Beltinge Road Romford RM3 0UH
Received 30 Jan 201916 GLEBE ROAD RAINHAM RM13 9LH
Received 9 Feb 2026Poplar Street, No.s 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47 49, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81 Romford RM7 7JJ
Received 1 Feb 20249 Broadstone Road Hornchurch RM12 4AH
Received 6 Feb 20191 Portmore Gardens Collier Row Romford RM5 2JL
Received 5 Jul 2019257 Rainham Road Rainham RM13 7SD
Received 8 Jan 20243 and 3A Cedar Road Hornchurch RM12 4YL
Received 22 Feb 20237 Greenbank Close Romford RM3 7LP
Received 30 Apr 2018Gidea Park Station Gidea Park Romford
Received 17 May 201868 Woodbridge Lane Romford RM3 9JE
Received 23 Aug 202469 Cranham Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 1JQ
Received 12 Jan 201839 Tennyson Way Hornchurch RM12 4BU
Received 27 Aug 20252 Havering Drive Romford RM1 4BB
Received 27 Nov 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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