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447 approved · 2,647 refused · 626 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
52 Herbert Road Hornchurch RM11 3LJ
Received 7 Oct 20241B Manor Crescent Hornchurch RM11 2EH
Received 17 Apr 2023127 Chase Cross Road Romford RM5 3YS
Received 18 Aug 20264A Freeman Way Emerson Park HORNCHURCH RM11 3PH
Received 14 Sept 201766 Heron Way Upminster RM14 1EN
Received 13 Dec 2018154 Abbs Cross Lane Hornchurch RM12 4XR
Received 24 Dec 202570 Collingwood Road Rainham RM13 8SZ
Received 23 Aug 202657 LODGE LANE ROMFORD RM5 2LJ
Received 24 Aug 2026441 Brentwood Road Romford RM2 6DD
Received 21 Aug 202664 Station Lane Hornchurch RM12 6NB
Received 1 Oct 20259 Nightingale Avenue UPMINSTER RM14 1ES
Received 16 Sept 2019Blackthorn House 55 St Clements Avenue ROMFORD RM3 0JE
Received 18 Oct 201768 Station Road UPMINSTER RM14 2TD
Received 6 Feb 201856 Barton Avenue Romford RM7 0ND
Received 17 Aug 202621-23 South Street Romford RM1 1NJ
Received 22 Feb 2019207 Eastern Avenue East Romford Essex RM1 4XS
Received 25 Jan 201925 Avon Road Upminster RM14 1QU
Received 4 Sept 201930 North Weald Close HORNCHURCH RM12 5AQ
Received 8 Dec 201728 Osborne Road Hornchurch RM11 1HA
Received 14 Jun 2019Land at Aldi Stores Marlborough Road Romford RM7 8AB
Received 29 Jan 2016113 Upper Rainham Road Hornchurch RM12 4EF
Received 10 Aug 20266 COMO STREET ROMFORD RM7 7DJ
Received 22 Mar 2018159-161 Billet Lane Hornchurch RM11 1UR
Received 6 Nov 202320 Greenock Way Romford RM1 4RT
Received 3 Oct 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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