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.
447 approved · 2,650 refused · 626 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Apr 2012 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
279 South Street Romford RM1 2BB
Received 6 Mar 2023233 Cross Road Romford RM7 8HS
Received 14 Nov 20181 Lake Rise Romford RM1 4DZ
Received 16 Jan 202317 Clockhouse Lane ROMFORD RM5 3PH
Received 16 Oct 201749 Allen Road Rainham RM13 9JS
Received 16 Nov 202315 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 5JT
Received 7 Nov 2023Havering Sixth Form College Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3TB
Received 15 Feb 201916 Argyle Gardens Upminster RM14 3HJ
Received 24 Sept 202493 Eastern Avenue East Romford RM1 4SH
Received 19 Feb 202477 Whitchurch Road Romford RM3 9EU
Received 3 Dec 201842 STRAIGHT ROAD ROMFORD RM3 8AA
Received 18 Aug 2017Denver Industrial Estate Ferry Lane Rainham RM13 9DD
Received 17 Sept 201955 Calbourne Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 5BH
Received 19 Dec 201745 Sylvan Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2PW
Received 28 Jul 201883 Haynes Road Hornchurch RM11 2HS
Received 2 Feb 2023Redden Court School Cotswold Road Romford RM3 0TS
Received 25 Oct 201810 HILLFOOT AVENUE ROMFORD RM5 3LH
Received 14 Jan 201930 BEECH AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 2HN
Received 6 Dec 2017233 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3BL
Received 15 Jun 20189 Ashlyn Grove Hornchurch RM11 2EG
Received 19 Aug 202569 Kingshill Avenue Romford RM5 2SB
Received 22 Sept 202220 Ambleside Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5ES
Received 15 May 202692 Suttons Lane Hornchurch RM12 6RR
Received 18 Mar 2026The Unicorn Harvester 91 Main Road ROMFORD RM2 5EL
Received 5 Sept 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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