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.
404 approved · 2,532 refused · 581 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Sheffield Drive Romford RM3 9YH
Received 15 May 20184 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4HL
Received 18 Apr 2023146 Front Lane Upminster RM14 1LL
Received 26 May 202323 South Street Rainham RM13 8PJ
Received 23 Jan 202635 Oak Road land adj Harold Wood Romford RM3 0PH
Received 21 Feb 2024Former Angel Way Retail Park Angel Way Romford RM1 1JH
Received 10 Oct 20257 Babington Road HORNCHURCH RM12 4AR
Received 6 Feb 201823 Pretoria Road Romford RM7 7AU
Received 14 Oct 2025Como Street Car Park Romford
Received 30 Jun 2023347 Upminster Road North Rainham RM13 9JR
Received 15 Feb 2023ADVERTISING RIGHT WESTERN ROAD ROMFORD RM1 3LS
Received 14 Aug 2024Natasha Court, Flat 23 Mimosa Close Romford RM3 8GU
Received 13 Oct 2025LAND REAR OF 64 AND 66 STANLEY ROAD NORTH RAINHAM
Received 5 Jul 2024Imperial Autoworks Ltd, 41 New Road and Walden Avenue Rainham RM13 8DR
Received 30 Mar 2026133 Upminster Court, Coach House, Hall Lane Upminster RM14 1AL
Received 14 Sept 202640 Victoria Avenue Romford RM5 2QD
Received 5 Feb 201936 Maylands Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5BE
Received 19 Jan 202632 Betterton Road Rainham RM13 8NB
Received 20 Nov 202561 Lawns Way Romford RM5 3TH
Received 7 Aug 20199 Fernbank Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5RA
Received 29 Sept 202510 Ferguson Avenue Romford RM2 6RD
Received 2 Jul 2024193 Alma Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6BH
Received 12 Feb 2019347 Upminster Road North Rainham Essex RM13 9JR
Received 19 Jan 2023Westland Medical Centre Westland Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3SD
Received 30 Jul 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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