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.
422 approved · 2,575 refused · 608 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chippenham Road Land bounded by Chippenham Road, Kings Lynn Drive, Darftiel Romford RM3 8HX
Received 29 May 2026Bower House, Amana Trust, Orange Tree Hill, Havering-atte-Bower Romford RM4 1PB
Received 17 Jul 202349 KEMPTON AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM12 6EH
Received 20 Jan 2026164 Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2RT
Received 28 Aug 202434 Bartholomew Drive Harold Wood ROMFORD RM3 0WB
Received 10 Jan 2018Durham Arms Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2EH
Received 19 Jun 2025HAVERING COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION ARDLEIGH GREEN ROAD HORNCHURCH RM11 2LL
Received 1 Dec 2025Corbets Tey School Harwood Hall Lane Upminster RM14 2YQ
Received 16 Nov 201813 Manser Road Rainham RM13 8NP
Received 10 Nov 202580 MacDonald Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2NE
Received 21 Nov 201795 Station Lane Hornchurch RM12 6JU
Received 1 Oct 201832 Rowan Walk Hornchurch RM11 2JA
Received 15 May 202410 Anson Close Romford RM7 8HU
Received 8 Mar 20192 Peony Road Romford RM3 7FJ
Received 22 Dec 20253 Earlswell Walk Romford RM3 7GQ
Received 18 Oct 20237 Oaklands Avenue Romford RM1 4DB
Received 15 Jul 202449 ASKWITH ROAD RAINHAM RM13 8EL
Received 19 Dec 202516 Nelmes Road Hornchurch RM11 3JA
Received 24 Dec 2025361 Front Lane Upminster RM14 1LW
Received 1 Jun 202365 Gubbins Lane Romford RM3 0BH
Received 14 Jan 201926 Spingate Close Hornchurch RM12 6SW
Received 11 Nov 2022Floors 7 & 8 Angel Way Car Park Angel Way Romford
Received 19 Jun 201927 Dominion Way Rainham RM13 8HU
Received 23 Jun 2019285 Carter Drive Romford Essex RM5 2TT
Received 6 Nov 2017Records 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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