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.
382 approved · 2,432 refused · 548 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
75 Cross Road Collier Row Romford RM78DX
Received 25 Jun 2019St George's Hospital Suttons Lane Hornchurch RM12 6RR
Received 27 Jun 2023300A Brentwood Road Romford RM2 5TA
Received 12 Jul 202434 Abbey Wood Lane Rainham RM13 9QJ
Received 24 Apr 202696 & 98 Eastern Avenue East Romford RM1 4DT
Received 26 Jul 2023119 Bridgwater Road Romford RM3 7TX
Received 3 Mar 2023Dothan House 458 Upper Brentwood Romford RM2 6JB
Received 17 Jul 201811 HEATON CLOSE ROMFORD RM3 7HP
Received 26 Apr 201826 The Mall St Leonards Way Hornchurch Essex RM11 1FS
Received 22 Jun 201811 Kestrel Close Hornchurch RM12 5LS
Received 1 May 201852 & 52A Devonshire Road Hornchurch RM12 4LQ
Received 4 Sept 201858 Burlington Avenue Romford RM7 9JL
Received 18 Aug 2023Romford Shopping Hall 43 Market Place Romford
Received 10 Jul 201944 NEWBURY GARDENS UPMINSTER RM14 2PJ
Received 12 Jun 202314A Lower Mardyke Avenue Rainham RM13 8PP
Received 1 Jun 202342 Gaynes Park Road Upminster RM14 2HP
Received 28 Feb 202420 Lytton Road Romford RM2 5SL
Received 16 Jun 2023122 Grosvenor Drive Hornchurch RM11 1PG
Received 18 Nov 2025188 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3AL
Received 6 Aug 201815 Ewan Road Harold Wood Romford RM3 0WW
Received 10 Jan 20232 Station Square Romford RM2 6AT
Received 4 Jul 201821 The Fairway Upminster RM14 1BS
Received 12 Sept 202429 Randall Drive Hornchurch RM12 6SX
Received 12 May 20266 Meadway Romford RM2 5NU
Received 13 Mar 2025Records 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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