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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.
421 approved · 2,572 refused · 605 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ockendon Kennels Ockendon Road North Ockendon RM14 3PP
Received 6 Dec 202275 Tuck Road Rainham RM13 7HJ
Received 20 Oct 2025Havering College Of Further And Higher Education Tring Gardens Romford RM3 9ES
Received 15 Mar 20228 Brierley Close Hornchurch RM11 2BD
Received 3 Jul 202312 Ingrebourne Road Rainham RM13 9AL
Received 27 Jun 202415 MAWNEY ROAD ROMFORD RM7 7HL
Received 25 Jun 2025125 Belgrave Avenue Romford RM2 6PS
Received 19 Oct 20237 Lichfield Terrace Upminster RM14 3JT
Received 9 May 2023111 WESTLAND AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM11 3RX
Received 6 Jul 201888-100 Equitable House South Street Romford RM1 1RX
Received 21 Apr 202622 Fontayne Avenue Romford RM1 4NR
Received 21 Dec 202287 Arlington Gardens Romford RM3 0EB
Received 21 Aug 2023Ivy Lodge Farm Shepherds Hill Romford RM3 0NR
Received 20 Aug 2026153 Oldchurch Road Romford RM7 0BD
Received 2 Jul 202419 DEERE AVENUE RAINHAM RM13 7JJ
Received 9 May 201830 Byron Way Harold Hill Romford RM3 7PS
Received 17 Jul 2019147 Benhurst Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4QN
Received 8 Mar 202415 Wych Elm Close HORNCHURCH RM11 3AJ
Received 4 Feb 201885 BRISCOE ROAD RAINHAM RM13 9QG
Received 18 Mar 202433 Prospect Road Hornchurch RM11 3TY
Received 16 Aug 2024134 NORTH STREET ROMFORD RM1 1DL
Received 29 Jul 2024Advertising Right Adjacent Liberty 2, Mercury Gardens Romford RM1 3EE
Received 14 Aug 202439 Brookside Hornchurch RM11 2RL
Received 24 Aug 201886 Suttons Lane Hornchurch RM12 6RR
Received 7 Aug 2025Records 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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