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400 approved · 2,523 refused · 576 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1 Spilsby Road Harold Hill Romford RM3 8SB
Received 2 Nov 201513 Birch Road Romford RM7 8ER
Received 23 Dec 202558 Marshalls Drive Romford RM1 4JT
Received 27 Nov 201848 Dorset Avenue Romford RM1 4LP
Received 27 Jul 2026255 Brentwood Road Gidea Park Romford RM2 5ST
Received 5 Nov 2018FOOTPATH AT THE JUNCTION OF COLLIER ROW LANE &PROSPECT PLACE COLLIER ROW ROMFORD
Received 6 Jul 202619 ST LAWRENCE ROAD UPMINSTER RM14 2UN
Received 28 Dec 20172 PINEWOOD ROAD HAVERING-ATTE-BOWER ROMFORD RM4 1PH
Received 8 May 202428 Lambourne Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4LJ
Received 28 Dec 202262 Collier Row Lane Romford RM5 3BB
Received 31 Dec 2018Redden Court School Cotswold Road Romford RM3 0TS
Received 9 Nov 201823 Columbine Way Romford RM3 0XN
Received 18 Jun 2019The Old Forge Hall Lane UPMINSTER RM14 1TT
Received 11 Aug 2017The Old Rectory, The Chase Upminster RM14 3YB
Received 9 Jan 202493 Heaton Avenue Romford RM3 7HL
Received 6 Mar 201815 Woodstock Avenue Romford RM3 9NF
Received 5 Sept 202569 PHILIP ROAD RAINHAM RM13 8LU
Received 2 May 2023263 WINGLETYE LANE HORNCHURCH RM11 3BT
Received 15 Jun 202348 Montgomery Crescent Harold Hill RM3 7UJ
Received 30 Apr 20182A Sylvan Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2PN
Received 22 May 2018Harris Academy Lambs Lane South Rainham RM13 9XD
Received 29 Oct 202579 Arlington Gardens Romford RM3 0EB
Received 11 Jun 2026Land between 14-16 and 22-24 Philan Way Romford RM5 3YT
Received 10 Aug 202219 South View Drive Upminster RM14 2LL
Received 29 Oct 2018Records 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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