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.
399 approved · 2,512 refused · 574 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beam Park Former Ford Assembly Plant Site New Road (A1306) Rainham
Received 13 Jul 202323 Coniston Avenue Upminster RM13 3TL
Received 22 Jul 2019104 Main Road Romford RM2 5JB
Received 19 Mar 2026162 Upminster Road South Rainham RM13 9BB
Received 30 Jul 201861 ARCHWAY ROMFORD RM3 7EH
Received 30 Oct 201732 Retford Road Romford RM3 9NB
Received 23 Dec 202250 Chelmsford Avenue Romford RM5 3XJ
Received 2 Sept 202516 Woburn Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4NG
Received 27 Jun 2024133 CORBETS TEY ROAD UPMINSTER RM14 2AX
Received 9 Jan 2018Service Station 23 New Road Rainham RM13 8DJ
Received 29 Jan 202622 Salisbury Road Romford RM2 5TP
Received 11 Oct 20223 GARLAND WAY HORNCHURCH RM11 2SX
Received 11 Jun 202618 Eversleigh Gardens Upminster RM14 1DR
Received 11 Jun 201834 David Drive Romford RM3 0XX
Received 5 Jan 2026Beam park Former Ford Assembly Plant Site New Road (A1306) Rainham
Received 19 Dec 2022157 Albany Road Hornchurch RM12 4AB
Received 29 Nov 2018209 Alma Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6BJ
Received 2 Apr 20262 Beverley Gardens Hornchurch RM11 3PA
Received 2 Aug 202333 Pearcy Close Romford RM3 8PW
Received 2 May 201822 TYLE GREEN HORNCHURCH RM11 2TB
Received 6 Feb 202440 Osborne Road Hornchurch RM11 1HA
Received 20 Dec 2024111-115 North Street Romford RM1 1ES
Received 21 Dec 2018Land between 8 & 9 Bretons Cottages Rainham Road RAINHAM RM13 7LL
Received 14 May 20188 Petersfield Avenue Romford RM3 9PA
Received 27 Aug 2024Records 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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