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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.
415 approved · 2,559 refused · 601 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
268 Pettits Lane North Romford RM1 4PJ
Received 16 Oct 202467 Colne Drive Romford RM3 9LA
Received 16 Mar 20239 The Walk Hornchurch RM11 3TL
Received 9 Jan 202448 Betterton Road Rainham RM13 8NB
Received 3 Apr 2025272 ELM PARK AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM12 4PQ
Received 5 Jun 2018108 ST ANDREWS AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM12 5DX
Received 11 Jul 20232 Kiln Wood Lane Havering-atte-Bower ROMFORD RM4 1PE
Received 5 Sept 20172 South End Road Rainham RM13 7XH
Received 4 Sept 2019Royal Oak, North Road, Havering-atte-Bower Romford RM4 1PP
Received 29 Nov 2023Approximately 36m north west of No 4 Lighterman Road Rainham RM13 7TB
Received 10 Feb 2023224 Main Road Romford RM2 5HA
Received 2 Oct 201772a Rainsford Way Hornchurch RM12 4BL
Received 9 Jan 202682 Heath Park Road Romford RM2 5XH
Received 8 Jan 202438 Cecil Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2NB
Received 25 Mar 2026132 Dagenham Road Rainham RM13 7TA
Received 23 Mar 2018Rainham Wall Engineering New Road Rainham RM13 8RS
Received 23 Feb 201811A Stour Way Upminster RM14 1QQ
Received 20 Nov 202430 Meadow Way Upminster RM14 3AD
Received 3 Sept 202550 Tawny Avenue Upminster RM14 2EP
Received 18 Dec 20235 Diban Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4YE
Received 4 Apr 2019140 Clockhouse Lane ROMFORD RM5 2TJ
Received 29 Dec 2017Bower House Orange Tree Hill Havering-Atte-Bower Romford RM4 1PB
Received 12 Jul 20191 Eyre Close Romford RM2 6AR
Received 26 Mar 201933 Tiverton Grove Romford RM3 9UA
Received 14 Mar 2024Records 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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