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.
437 approved · 2,606 refused · 611 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
22 Spencer Road Rainham RM13 8HB
Received 30 Jan 202310 Kempton Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6ED
Received 30 Jun 20233 Fairview Industrial Park, Blackwater Close Rainham RM13 8UA
Received 30 Jun 202676 Heron Way UPMINSTER RM14 1EN
Received 28 Jan 201868 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LS
Received 18 Apr 20196 Harlesden Close Romford RM3 9HU
Received 24 Aug 20268 Chiltern Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4SQ
Received 15 May 2026Land at Northwood Avenue/St Nicholas Avenue Elm Park Hornchurch RM12 4RX
Received 21 Aug 2017Elms Industrial Estate, Church Road, Harold Wood Romford RM3 0JU
Received 29 Jul 20244 The Limes Hornchurch RM11 2GT
Received 18 Aug 2018Array, 91 Shepherds Hill Romford RM3 0NP
Received 5 Nov 202537 Bartlow Gardens Romford RM5 3UA
Received 27 Mar 202650 Eastern Road Romford RM1 3QA
Received 4 Sept 202632 Mawney Road ROMFORD RM7 7HB
Received 15 Jan 2018117 Lambs Lane South Rainham RM13 9XJ
Received 24 Aug 202631 High Street HORNCHURCH RM11 1TP
Received 20 Jul 201744 Macdonald Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2NE
Received 10 Mar 202640 Hall Lane Upminster RM14 1AF
Received 11 Jun 201860 Slewins Lane Hornchurch RM11 2QY
Received 22 Nov 2018Arden Court 13 Squirrels Heath Road Romford RM3 0LH
Received 23 Dec 20223 King George Close Romford RM7 7PN
Received 5 Sept 2025135 Howard Road Upminster RM14 2UQ
Received 19 Jan 202435 OAK AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 2LB
Received 2 Aug 20236 Redfern Gardens Romford RM2 6PY
Received 16 Jul 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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