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.
392 approved · 2,465 refused · 556 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Cottage, Tomkyns Lane Upminster RM14 1TP
Received 5 Jan 2023Veolia ES Cleanaway (UK) Ltd, Coldharbour Lane, Rainham and Wennington RM13 9BJ
Received 10 Dec 20241a and 1c Ferndale Road Romford RM5 3ER
Received 12 Oct 20189 Glamis Drive Hornchurch RM11 3RT
Received 11 Jan 2023New City College Ardleigh Green Campus Hornchurch RM11 2LL
Received 25 Nov 2025Veolia Rainham Landfill Coldharbour Lane Rainham
Received 30 Jan 201910-14 Eastern Avenue East, Pmt Play Music Today Romford RM1 4DR
Received 18 Sept 20268 Tamar Close adj Upminster RM14 1QH
Received 16 Aug 201940 Burlington Avenue Romford RM7 9JJ
Received 28 Oct 2018St Edwards C Of E Primary School Havering Drive Romford RM1 4BT
Received 4 Jul 20254 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4HL
Received 3 Apr 202531 Reed Pond Walk Romford RM2 5PD
Received 2 May 2023148 Chatteris Avenue Romford RM3 8EU
Received 20 Sept 201819 Macdonald Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2NF
Received 7 Dec 20239 Lilliput Road Romford RM7 0BJ
Received 24 Oct 2023131 South Street Romford RM1 1NX
Received 23 Jul 2018Upminster Golf and Bowling Club 114 Hall Lane UPMINSTER RM14 1AU
Received 31 Jan 201894 Douglas Road Hornchurch RM11 1AR
Received 11 Oct 2018Sports Ground Balgores Lane Romford RM2 6BP
Received 15 Apr 20262 Hamlet Road Romford RM5 2DS
Received 7 Jun 2018121 BENHURST AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM12 4QN
Received 3 Dec 202521 LINGFIELD AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 2PF
Received 16 Jan 201826 Bower Close Romford RM5 3SR
Received 16 Jul 20243 AVELEY ROAD UPMINSTER RM14 2TN
Received 19 Jun 2019Records 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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