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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.
396 approved · 2,492 refused · 564 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Annexe Building Havering College of Further and Higher Education Rainham Campus Construction Centre Rainham RM13 8GP
Received 26 Oct 201861 Askwith Road Rainham RM13 8EL
Received 13 Feb 201918 Belle Vue Road Romford RM5 3AY
Received 11 Mar 201937 Kershaw Close Hornchurch RM11 1SW
Received 9 Jan 201928B Station Road Upminster RM14 2UB
Received 19 Jun 2019111 Waterloo Road Romford RM7 0AA
Received 23 Aug 201843A Bartlow Gardens Romford RM5 3UA
Received 20 Oct 2023Garages Adjacent Crystal Avenue r/o 46 Dawes Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6AL
Received 12 Aug 2019Beam Reach 5 Plot 12 Rainham
Received 31 May 2018Romford Leisure Centre /Car park Chaucer Hse Jct of Western Road & Grimshaw Way Romford
Received 5 Jan 20181 Marshalls Road Romford RM7 7EL
Received 21 Jun 201864 Macdonald Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2NE
Received 25 Feb 2019Havering Womens Aid 42-44 Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2EX
Received 12 Jun 201965 HAVERING ROAD ROMFORD RM1 4QT
Received 29 Nov 201715 Platford Green HORNCHURCH RM11 2TA
Received 25 Oct 2017New City College, Ardleigh Green Campus Ardleigh Green Campus Land of Nelmes Way RM11 2LL
Received 29 Sept 202215 VICTORIA ROAD ROMFORD RM1 2JT
Received 27 Jun 202340 Dorian Road Hornchurch RM12 4AL
Received 17 Jul 202316 PLUMPTON AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM12 6BE
Received 30 Jan 2018Estralita Land adjacent to Broxhill Road Havering-atte-Bower Romford RM4 1QJ
Received 2 May 2019173 Oldchurch Road Romford RM7 0BD
Received 8 May 2019Land known as Park Farm Eastern Avenue East Romford RM3 7NR
Received 14 Nov 202317 Orchard Road Romford RM7 8HR
Received 7 Sept 2018Witzend, 8 Lower Bedfords Road Romford RM1 4LY
Received 11 Aug 2023Records 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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