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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.
413 approved · 2,557 refused · 601 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
99 CRANSTON PARK AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 3XD
Received 9 Jun 2023KFC Romford, 53-55 South Street Romford RM1 1NL
Received 29 Aug 202510 Parkway Romford RM2 5NT
Received 19 Jun 2023293 Mawney Road Romford RM7 8DR
Received 20 Jan 2023333 Upminster Road North Rainham RM13 9JR
Received 23 Nov 202214 Victoria Avenue Romford RM5 2QD
Received 29 May 202558 Swanbourne Drive HORNCHURCH RM12 6RE
Received 13 Nov 2017119 The Rectory (St Andrew's) London Road Romford RM7 9QD
Received 16 Jan 2018Unit 1b Seedbed Centre London RM7 0AN
Received 26 Sept 2023Arnolds Field Launders Lane
Received 29 Jul 2026147 Benhurst Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4QN
Received 8 Apr 2019124 CORBETS TEY ROAD UPMINSTER RM14 2BA
Received 13 Jul 202334A ASHVALE GARDENS ROMFORD RM5 3QA
Received 9 Nov 201713 Glenwood Avenue Rainham RM13 9AD
Received 28 Feb 2018Pavement to Right of Entrance to Lockwood Walk, Western Road Romford RM1 3LD
Received 27 Jan 2023Harold Hill Library Hilldene Avenue Romford RM3 8DJ
Received 20 Feb 202611 CONISTON AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 3XR
Received 20 Nov 2017129 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 6BT
Received 9 Jul 2019203 & 205 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4DX
Received 17 Jun 2024286 Main Road Romford RM2 6LU
Received 3 Sept 201820 Nevis Close ROMFORD RM1 4LS
Received 10 Jan 2018The Barn North Road Havering-atte-bower Romford RM4 1PX
Received 4 Aug 2025100 Grange Road Romford RM3 7EA
Received 27 Feb 201949 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LN
Received 8 Jul 2019Records 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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