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400 approved · 2,523 refused · 579 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43 Woodcote Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4PY
Received 6 Nov 202471 Brookdale Avenue Upminster RM14 2LT
Received 29 Jul 2019130 Upper Rainham Road Hornchurch RM12 4EE
Received 20 Aug 20242 New Place Gardens Upminster RM14 3DQ
Received 2 Oct 202628 Brookdale Avenue Upminster RM14 2LT
Received 29 Apr 201951 Meadowside Road UPMINSTER RM14 3YT
Received 6 Sept 2017The Rectory 222 High Street Hornchurch RM12 6QP
Received 17 Jul 20181 Springfield Gardens Upminster RM14 3EH
Received 12 Feb 2024Pavement O/s Gidea Park Station, Station Lane, Gidea Park Romford RM2 6BX
Received 21 Nov 2018Dycorts School Settle Road Romford RM3 9YA
Received 31 May 2019233 CARTER DRIVE ROMFORD RM5 2UB
Received 13 May 2019St George's Hospital Suttons Lane Hornchurch RM12 6RR
Received 13 Oct 20228 Caernarvon Close Hornchurch RM11 3QL
Received 4 Aug 2023Thatched Cottage Noak Hill Road Romford RM3 7LS
Received 10 Jul 202446 Cavendish Crescent Hornchurch RM12 5NT
Received 25 Apr 20186 Amersham Close Romford RM3 9JL
Received 14 Dec 20188 The Brewery Romford RM1 1AU
Received 16 Dec 202440 Heaton Close Romford RM3 7HP
Received 28 Nov 20182 Leaf Hill Drive Romford RM3 7FA
Received 13 Feb 202335 Oak Street Romford Essex RM7 7BA
Received 22 Jan 201815 BROOKLANDS ROAD ROMFORD RM7 7DX
Received 23 Apr 202434 SEDGEFIELD CRESCENT ROMFORD RM3 9RS
Received 19 Feb 201969 Rainham Road Rainham RM13 7QT
Received 8 May 201921 Marlborough Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 1SF
Received 13 Dec 2017Records 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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