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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415 approved · 2,561 refused · 601 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Nelmes Close Hornchurch RM11 2QA
Received 12 Aug 2019St Edwards C Of E Comprehensive School London Road Romford RM7 9NX
Received 2 May 2023St Georges Hospital Suttons Lane London RM12 6RR
Received 28 Nov 202447 SOUTHERN WAY ROMFORD RM7 9PB
Received 12 Apr 20182A Farm Road Rainham RM13 9JU
Received 12 Apr 2023Land Adj 2 Rutland Approach Hornchurch Hornchurch RM11 3EP
Received 27 Jan 2023Park Rise Sunrise Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4YT
Received 11 Sept 2023Jobbers Rest, St Marys Lane Upminster RM14 3LT
Received 23 Apr 202470A Castellan Avenue Romford RM2 6ED
Received 29 May 2026Fernside House Broxhill Road Havering-Atte-Bower Romford RM4 1QH
Received 13 Oct 2022Upminster Infant School St Mary's Lane Upminster RM14 3BS
Received 13 Sept 202344 Petworth Way Hornchurch RM12 4LR
Received 1 Aug 202426 Ardleigh Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2LW
Received 26 Feb 2026Units 1 & 2, 11a Grenfell Avenue Hornchurch Formerly 3-11 Grenfell Avenue RM12 4DN
Received 9 Jun 202690 CARNFORTH GARDENS HORNCHURCH RM12 5DP
Received 3 Oct 202310 HORNFORD WAY ROMFORD RM7 0PR
Received 21 May 202445 FIRBANK ROAD ROMFORD RM5 2TR
Received 4 Aug 2026Frog Island Ferry Lane Rainham RM13 9YH
Received 26 Feb 20269 Ashlyn Grove Hornchurch RM11 2EG
Received 17 Feb 20269 Brook Road Romford RM2 5QS
Received 2 Apr 20191 Rose Cottages, Noak Hill Road Romford RM3 7LT
Received 28 May 2024Havering Sixth Form College Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3TB
Received 16 Jul 202520 Great Nelmes Chase Hornchurch RM11 2PT
Received 9 Feb 202367 Butts Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2JS
Received 22 Jun 2026Records 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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