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.
372 approved · 2,403 refused · 534 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land bound by Waterloo Road to the east; the Great Eastern M Cotleigh Road to the west; and London Road to the north Romford RM7 9AT
Received 19 Nov 202544 Cowdray Way Hornchurch RM12 4AU
Received 26 Feb 20195 Warwick Road Rainham RM13 9XU
Received 10 May 202469 Farnham Road ROMFORD RM3 8XA
Received 16 Mar 20182 Hyland Way Hornchurch RM11 1DW
Received 15 Mar 202488 MacDonald Avenue HORNCHURCH RM11 2NE
Received 21 Feb 2018254 CHERRY TREE LANE RAINHAM RM13 8TX
Received 21 Jul 2026123 Hubert Road Rainham RM13 8AD
Received 20 Jul 20185 Smart Close Romford RM3 7BP
Received 6 Nov 202336 Daventry Road Romford RM3 7QT
Received 26 Jan 20269 Venette Close Rainham RM13 9EA
Received 19 Aug 2026Upminster Baptist Church Springfield Gardens Upminster RM14 3EH
Received 26 Jul 201962 Crossways Gidea Park Romford RM2 6AL
Received 27 Feb 201896 Stafford Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2EP
Received 27 Jun 2018199-205, London Road Romford RM7 9DJ
Received 17 Jul 202310 Woodcote Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4PZ
Received 25 Mar 202411 Burntwood Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3JD
Received 26 Jun 2019154 Hainault Road Romford RM5 3AP
Received 14 May 2018119 Wennington Road Rainham RM13 9TH
Received 10 May 201940 Homeway Romford RM3 0HD
Received 19 Dec 202434 Boscombe Avenue Hornchurch RM11 1JG
Received 26 Sept 20192 Porchester Close Hornchurch RM11 2HH
Received 17 Aug 2018319 Brentwood Road Sids Food and Wine Supermarket Romford RM2 5SX
Received 20 Jun 2018433 Brentwood Road Gidea Park Romford Essex RM2 6DD
Received 23 Apr 2018Records 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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