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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.
412 approved · 2,555 refused · 594 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Park Farm Eastern Avenue East Romford RM3 7NR
Received 15 Feb 202439 & 41 Reed Pond Walk Romford RM2 5PD
Received 23 Jan 2019118 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4EJ
Received 15 Sept 202277 Mawney Road Romford RM7 7HX
Received 14 Dec 202227 Park Lane Hornchurch RM11 1BD
Received 14 Jun 20242 Dowding Way HORNCHURCH RM12 5AH
Received 11 Sept 2017R/O 15 & 17 Homeway Romford RM3 0HD
Received 30 May 202449 Westland Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3SD
Received 3 Dec 202420 STATION LANE HORNCHURCH RM12 6NJ
Received 1 May 202665 Highfield Crescent HORNCHURCH RM12 6PX
Received 12 Sept 2017Freightmaster Estate Coldharbour Lane Rainham RM13 9BJ
Received 17 Jul 20258 Abbey Wood Lane Rainham RM13 9QH
Received 8 May 202457 GEOFFREY AVENUE ROMFORD RM3 0YJ
Received 14 Apr 202413 Abbey Wood Lane Rainham RM13 9QH
Received 10 Aug 20237-9 PARK LANE HORNCHURCH RM11 1BB
Received 27 Aug 2025221 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3BL
Received 16 Dec 202519 Mashiters Hill ROMFORD RM1 4TP
Received 7 Dec 201777 Park Lane Hornchurch RM11 1BH
Received 20 May 2019South Industrial Estate Ferry Lane South Rainham RM13 9UL
Received 3 Jul 2019Marshalls Park School, Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4EH
Received 9 Dec 202570 Ingrebourne Road Rainham RM13 9AL
Received 2 Aug 202416 Dunster Crescent Hornchurch RM11 3QD
Received 7 Jun 202318 Wallenger Avenue Romford RM2 6ER
Received 8 Jan 202482 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LR
Received 1 Sept 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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