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.
415 approved · 2,562 refused · 602 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Nelmes Crescent Emerson Park Hornchurch RM11 2QB
Received 12 Nov 201811 Dominion Way Rainham RM13 8HU
Received 28 Sept 202692 Little Gaynes Lane Upminster RM14 2JD
Received 16 Oct 20245 Crouch Valley Upminster RM14 1RP
Received 28 Aug 20192 Archway ROMFORD RM3 7EB
Received 23 Jan 201822 Lovell Walk Rainham RM13 7ND
Received 7 Aug 202412 Mungo Park Road Rainham RM12 7PA
Received 6 Jun 2019119 ELMHURST DRIVE HORNCHURCH RM11 1NZ
Received 25 Jul 2024Avelon Road Centre 100 Avelon Road Rainham RM13 7DH
Received 13 Mar 20198 Elm Walk Romford RM2 5NR
Received 4 Jul 201890 New Road Rainham RM13 8BS
Received 25 Sept 201713 Dalewood Close Hornchurch RM11 3PJ
Received 1 May 20187 Repton Gardens Romford RM2 5LS
Received 23 Sept 201968 Eyhurst Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4RA
Received 26 Nov 202534 Mellowes Road Hornchurch RM11 1GF
Received 24 Nov 2022Land to the North of New Road New Road Rainham RM13 9PN
Received 12 Dec 201832 David Drive Romford RM3 0XX
Received 21 Feb 202357 & 59 Masefield Crescent Romford RM3 7PB
Received 15 Sept 202519 Upper Rainham Road Hornchurch RM12 4BE
Received 5 Jan 20182 Ramsden Drive Collier Row RM5 2NJ
Received 24 Jul 201820 BROOKDALE CLOSE UPMINSTER RM14 2LU
Received 29 May 20189 Fairlawns Close Hornchurch RM11 3NL
Received 29 Nov 2017Edinburgh House, Elvet Avenue Romford RM2 6JP
Received 23 Jun 202514 Lonsdale Avenue Romford RM7 9JT
Received 6 Nov 2023Records 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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