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.
400 approved · 2,523 refused · 577 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Apr 2012 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Beaumont Close Romford RM2 6LJ
Received 5 Sept 20224 Belgrave Avenue ROMFORD RM2 6QD
Received 16 Sept 201751 Maiden Way Rainham RM13 8LF
Received 13 May 202646 Penrith Road Romford RM3 9NJ
Received 12 Jul 202357 Rutland Drive Hornchurch RM11 3EW
Received 23 May 20235 Murfitt Way Upminster RM14 2EA
Received 11 Apr 202311 Christchurch Avenue Rainham RM13 8JB
Received 24 Apr 2024Land to the North of New Road New Road Rainham RM13 9PN
Received 12 Dec 201822 Craigdale Road Hornchurch RM11 1AE
Received 4 Mar 2026100 Lodge Lane Romford RM5 2ES
Received 22 Jun 201848 Berkeley Drive Hornchurch RM11 3PY
Received 23 May 201916 Oliver Road RAINHAM RM13 7UH
Received 21 Dec 20178 Gidea Close Romford RM2 5NP
Received 18 Jan 201976A Rainham Road Rainham RM13 7RL
Received 12 Jan 2023181 Southend Arterial Road HORNCHURCH RM11 2SF
Received 5 Jan 2018280 Main Road Gidea Park Romford RM2 6LU
Received 11 Feb 20194 Broadway Romford RM2 5NS
Received 23 Jan 202668 Carnforth Gardens Hornchurch RM12 5DL
Received 30 Apr 201873 Benets Road Hornchurch RM11 3PT
Received 6 Jun 2024175 London Road Romford RM7 9DB
Received 31 Jul 202523 Avelon Road Romford RM5 3XX
Received 22 Oct 202418 Dagnam Park Close Romford RM3 9YL
Received 10 Dec 2018Ponderosa, New Road Rainham RM13 9PL
Received 29 Nov 202411 Forth Road Upminster RM14 1PX
Received 3 Dec 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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