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.
449 approved · 2,651 refused · 634 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
325 Hilldene Avenue Romford RM3 8DJ
Received 29 Jan 2026109 Upper Bedfords Farm Lower Bedfords Road Romford RM1 4DQ
Received 6 Aug 201917 Greenock Way Romford RM1 4RT
Received 10 Jun 201916 MORAY CLOSE ROMFORD RM1 4YJ
Received 28 Apr 202675 Hacton Drive Hornchurch RM12 6DL
Received 31 Oct 201876 Askwith Road rainham Essex RM13 8ER
Received 23 Jul 2018129 Bush Elms Road Hornchurch Rm11 1LU
Received 4 Jun 2018185 Carter Drive Romford RM5 2UR
Received 8 Jul 2024116 HILLVIEW AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM11 2DL
Received 16 Feb 202410 LANCING ROAD ROMFORD RM3 8QJ
Received 21 Jul 20262 Mendoza Close Hornchurch RM11 2RP
Received 24 Dec 2018112 CROSS ROAD MAWNEYS ROMFORD RM7 8EL
Received 19 Jun 2017120 Lower Mardyke Avenue Rainham RM13 8PR
Received 11 Dec 2023139 Haynes Road Hornchurch RM11 2HX
Received 2 Dec 2025White Bungalow Southend Arterial Road Hornchurch RM11 3UJ
Received 4 Apr 202390 Lodge Avenue Romford RM2 5AJ
Received 14 Aug 2018148C Balgores Lane Romford RM2 6BP
Received 12 Jun 201925 Hubert Road Rainham RM13 8AB
Received 18 Aug 202619 Engayne Gardens Upminster RM14 1UY
Received 27 Feb 20263 Wolseley Road Romford RM7 0BP
Received 18 Jun 201925 The Ridgeway Harold Wood Romford RM3 0DS
Received 24 May 20244 Marine Cottage Wennington Road Wennington Rainham RM13 9DY
Received 17 Dec 202549 Dorset Avenue Romford RM1 4LL
Received 25 Oct 2022168-182 Main Road Gidea Park Essex RM2 5JA
Received 23 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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