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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455 approved · 2,663 refused · 634 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Corbets Tey Road Upminster RM14 2AD
Received 27 May 202510 Queens Gardens Upminster RM14 1NQ
Received 25 Jun 201894B Benets Road Hornchurch RM11 3PU
Received 14 May 2025Veolia ES Cleanaway (UK) Ltd, Coldharbour Lane Rainham RM13 9BJ
Received 2 Jul 2024115 Southend Arterial Road Gallows Corner HORNCHURCH RM3 0BX
Received 31 Jan 2018Acorn, 14 Orange Tree Hill Havering-atte-bower Romford RM4 1PB
Received 5 Jan 20236 Salamons Way Rainham RM13 9UL
Received 16 Feb 2023109 Parkside Avenue Romford RM1 4NB
Received 23 Nov 2022119 Collier Row Lane Romford RM5 3HL
Received 18 Sept 2024109 Collier Row Lane Romford RM5 3HP
Received 5 Sept 20193 Barnfield Walk ROMFORD RM2 6AF
Received 11 Jul 201761 Crossways Romford RM2 6AJ
Received 21 Sept 20235 GIDEA CLOSE ROMFORD RM2 5NP
Received 11 Jun 2019112 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4EJ
Received 23 Nov 202321 Seabrook Gardens Romford RM7 0EU
Received 28 Sept 201812 East Close Rainham RM13 9AJ
Received 30 Jul 2019102 Gaynes Park Road UPMINSTER RM14 2HX
Received 27 Jul 201776 Lodge Lane Romford RM5 2EJ
Received 28 Aug 201938 Petersfield Close Romford RM3 9PS
Received 7 Feb 201926/26A Tudor Drive Romford RM2 5LH
Received 26 Feb 2024Brooklands Approach land at Romford RM1 1DX
Received 19 Dec 201796 Nelson Road RAINHAM RM13 8AP
Received 2 Jan 201844 Macdonald Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2NE
Received 21 Apr 202617 WINCHESTER AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 3LP
Received 9 May 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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