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.
413 approved · 2,555 refused · 594 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
109 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4ER
Received 28 Jun 20197 Broadway Romford RM2 5NS
Received 30 Oct 202579 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LT
Received 31 Aug 2022Post Office 80 Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2EL
Received 1 Dec 2022David Lloyd Leisure Squirrels Heath Lane Hornchurch RM11 2DY
Received 2 Sept 2026Elm Glen Chequers Road Romford RM3 7NA
Received 1 May 20181 Lynwood Drive Romford RM5 2RB
Received 13 Apr 201943 Squirrels Heath Road Romford RM3 0LH
Received 29 Sept 202387 Belgrave Avenue Romford Essex RM2 6PX
Received 22 Feb 20195-7 Butts Green Road Emerson Park Hornchurch RM11 2JR
Received 9 Mar 201678 Rush Green Road Romford RM7 0QB
Received 11 Apr 2023Emerson Park School Wych Elm Road Hornchurch RM11 3AD
Received 17 Oct 202558 Upminster Road HORNCHURCH RM12 6PJ
Received 11 Dec 2017131 Betterton Road Rainham RM13 8ND
Received 16 Aug 202419 Hillfoot Avenue Romford RM5 3LJ
Received 18 Sept 2023Harold Court House Church Road Harold Wood Romford RM3 0JX
Received 5 May 202435 Hacton Lane Hornchurch Essex RM12 6PH
Received 13 Sept 2019139 Haynes Road Hornchurch RM11 2HX
Received 16 Sept 2025120 Moor Lane Upminster RM14 1ET
Received 12 Dec 2018Clarewood Hubbards Close Hornchurch RM11 3DH
Received 13 Dec 201852 Cricklade Avenue ROMFORD RM3 8LA
Received 4 Dec 2017370 Mawney Road Romford RM7 8QP
Received 24 Jan 202347 CHARLOTTE GARDENS ROMFORD RM5 2ED
Received 2 Aug 20222 Hamlet Road Romford RM5 2DS
Received 6 Aug 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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