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.
396 approved · 2,482 refused · 561 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Sept 2013 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent to 31 Shelley Avenue RM12 4BT
Received 4 Apr 202513 Palmerston Road Rainham RM13 9LD
Received 18 Sept 2024153 Squirrels Heath Lane Hornchurch RM11 2DX
Received 20 Dec 202339 Blewitts Cottages, New Road Rainham RM13 8SL
Received 20 Jun 2025Brook Farm St Mary's Lane North Ockendon UPMINSTER RM14 3PA
Received 10 Nov 201720 Aspen Grove Upminster RM14 2HZ
Received 10 Jan 201916 Woburn Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4NG
Received 18 Sept 2023108 Kenilworth Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4SG
Received 5 Apr 201936 Waldegrave Gardens Upminster RM14 1UX
Received 11 Jan 2018St Edwards Primary School Havering Drive Romford RM1 4BL
Received 21 Jul 2022Rush Green Training Ground Rush Green Road Romford RM7 0LU
Received 27 Feb 2024Park Farm Eastern Avenue East Romford RM3 7NR
Received 14 Feb 20248 Fairfield Close Hornchurch RM12 4AP
Received 2 Sept 2025133 Turpin Avenue Romford RM5 2LU
Received 29 Apr 20191 Stapleford Gardens Romford RM5 2JT
Received 20 Mar 202633 Brook Road Romford RM2 5QS
Received 8 Oct 202514 STEWART AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 2AF
Received 26 Jan 201823 Woburn Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4NQ
Received 8 May 2018Brady Primary School Wennington Road Rainham RM13 9XA
Received 1 Dec 201715 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 5JT
Received 20 Jul 2026137A Park Lane Hornchurch RM11 1EQ
Received 16 Jul 2026285 WARREN DRIVE HORNCHURCH RM12 4PW
Received 1 Dec 2017131 Betterton Road Rainham RM13 8ND
Received 23 Feb 202618 COMPTON AVENUE ROMFORD RM2 6ET
Received 25 Sept 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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