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.
435 approved · 2,601 refused · 611 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
120 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 5JU
Received 17 Jul 201814 Brackendale Gardens Upminster RM14 3XB
Received 22 Jun 202356 Redden Court Road Harold Wood Essex RM3 0XA
Received 4 Jan 201943 Reed Pond Walk Romford RM2 5PD
Received 8 Jul 202516 Reed Pond Walk ROMFORD RM2 5PB
Received 22 Nov 20175 South End Road Rainham RM13 7XP
Received 4 Jul 20232-4-4a-6-6a-6b Hamilton Drive Romford RM3 0UU
Received 17 Feb 2023The Coach House, Harwood Hall Lane Upminster RM14 2YG
Received 20 Apr 2023102 Haynes Road Hornchurch RM11 2HU
Received 14 May 202432 Betterton Road Rainham RM13 8NB
Received 21 Nov 2025239 Goodwood Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6DD
Received 5 Dec 201817 Brackendale Gardens Upminster RM14 3XB
Received 18 Oct 2022Unit 6, Deans Factory Estate, Lambs Lane North Rainham, RM13 9XN
Received 27 Dec 202371 Harrow Crescent Romford RM3 7BJ
Received 25 Jan 20194 Marine Cottage, Wennington Road, Wennington Rainham RM13 9DY
Received 17 May 202381 Betterton Road Rainham RM13 8ND
Received 11 Dec 202493A Betterton Road Rainham RM13 8ND
Received 23 Aug 202429 Avon Road Upminster RM14 1QU
Received 12 Jan 2018288 Mawney Road Romford RM7 8DL
Received 15 May 201834 Randall Drive Hornchurch RM12 6SX
Received 23 Jul 2025Enterprise House, Faringdon Avenue Romford RM3 8SU
Received 31 Aug 202365 George Street Romford RM1 2DT
Received 14 Feb 202326 Birch Road Romford RM7 8EP
Received 20 Jan 202359 Parsonage Road Rainham RM13 9LN
Received 20 Feb 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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