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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.
455 approved · 2,663 refused · 634 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
82 Grenfell Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4DW
Received 4 Dec 2023Rosemount IFA, 9 Hare Hall Lane Romford RM2 6BD
Received 17 Oct 2025104 Osborne Road Hornchurch RM11 1HF
Received 20 Nov 201896 Mowbrays Road Romford RM5 3EL
Received 30 May 2023Purbeck House 230-234 Hornchurch Road HORNCHURCH RM11 1QB
Received 22 Dec 201633 Church Road Harold Wood Romford RM3 0JX
Received 20 Apr 2023Land Adj 2 & 4 Manor Avenue, Romford RM11 2EB
Received 29 Jan 202630 Whitethorn Gardens Hornchurch RM11 2AL
Received 30 Mar 202316 WHEATSHEAF ROAD ROMFORD RM1 2HD
Received 29 Apr 2024Front Lane (adj to Wanderers Haven Animal Sanctuary) Upminster RM14 1LW
Received 27 Dec 201856 Sycamore Avenue Upminster RM14 2HS
Received 8 Jul 201916 Troopers Drive ROMFORD RM3 9DE
Received 16 Nov 2017Site to Rear of 2 and 2a Tennyson Road Romford RM3 7AD
Received 16 Sept 202450 Avenue Road, Harold Wood Romford RM3 0SU
Received 5 Apr 20237 Hainault Road Romford RM5 3AA
Received 2 Jul 2024Unit 7 Albright Industrial Estate Ferry Lane RAINHAM RM13 9BU
Received 30 Jun 201613 Acacia Gardens Upminster RM14 1HS
Received 5 Sept 201950 Marlborough Road Romford RM7 8AJ
Received 25 Jun 2026331 Upminster Road North Rainham Essex RM13 9JR
Received 4 Oct 2017Brewdog (old Natwest Bank), 18 Station Road Upminster RM14 2UB
Received 31 Mar 2023Ceme Innovation Centre, Office 18 Marsh Way Rainham RM13 8EU
Received 31 Jan 2023Land adjacent to Estralita Broxhill Road Romford RM4 1QJ
Received 14 Feb 202277 Whitchurch Road Romford RM3 9EU
Received 9 Oct 2018KESWICK AVENUE CAR PARK KESWICK AVENUE HORNCHURCH
Received 6 Feb 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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