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.
448 approved · 2,651 refused · 630 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
244 Havering Road ROMFORD RM1 4TD
Received 23 Oct 20175 Park End Road Romford RM1 4AT
Received 10 Aug 202335 FAIRHOLME GARDENS UPMINSTER RM14 1HJ
Received 19 Feb 201846 Harlow Road Rainham RM13 7UB
Received 27 Sept 2022150 Briscoe Road Rainham RM13 9QQ
Received 10 Oct 2018Signature House 13 Station Road Gidea Park ROMFORD RM2 6BX
Received 22 Feb 201815 Jersey Road Rainham RM13 7DR
Received 14 Oct 202429 Humber Drive Upminster RM14 1PT
Received 29 Aug 2019P B C Installations Ltd 19 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2JT
Received 28 Jun 2019Unit GF 1 Chandlers Way Romford RM1 3JX
Received 7 Dec 201822 Ashleigh Gardens Upminster RM14 3AX
Received 25 Aug 202322 The Avenue Romford RM1 4LD
Received 12 Sept 201911 Cedar Road Hornchurch RM12 4YL
Received 20 Feb 20265 Lodge Avenue ROMFORD RM2 5AB
Received 18 May 201754 HELMSDALE ROAD ROMFORD RM1 4DN
Received 7 Sept 202624 The Grove Upminster RM14 2ER
Received 27 Oct 202530 Highfield Road Romford RM5 3RA
Received 25 Oct 201862 Guysfield Drive Rainham RM13 7AJ
Received 20 Mar 2019The Verve Apartments Mercury Gardens Romford RM1 3JT
Received 7 Dec 201824 Freshfields Avenue Upminster RM14 2BZ
Received 13 Jan 2023139b Wennington Road Rainham RM13 9TR
Received 28 Jul 20252 Winifred Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6SU
Received 27 Sept 2022Durham Arms, Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2EH
Received 31 Jul 20249 Branfill Road Upminster RM14 2YX
Received 15 Nov 2023Records 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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