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.
455 approved · 2,664 refused · 637 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
297 Corbets Tey Road Upminster RM14 2BT
Received 22 Jul 20269 St Matthews Close Rainham RM13 7DX
Received 22 May 2023275 Mawney Road ROMFORD RM7 8DS
Received 15 Dec 201752 South Hall Drive Rainham RM13 9HJ
Received 29 Mar 202354 Globe Road Hornchurch RM11 1BW
Received 18 Jun 202615 Ashburnham Gardens Upminster RM14 1XA
Received 3 May 20231 Birch Close Romford RM7 8ES
Received 28 Jul 202354 Rosebank Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 5QU
Received 14 Dec 2017White Hart House, Hacton Lane Hornchurch RM14 2YF
Received 12 Nov 2025118 Front Lane Upminster RM14 1XU
Received 20 Sept 20239 Limerick Gardens Upminster RM14 1HY
Received 2 Nov 201832 Albert Road ROMFORD RM1 2PJ
Received 27 Apr 201843 Coniston Avenue Upminster Essex RM14 3XL
Received 18 Jan 202334 New Place Gardens Upminster RM14 3DQ
Received 13 Aug 2024KERAL NEW ROAD RAINHAM RM13 9PL
Received 20 Nov 20172 Crouch Valley Upminster RM14 1RP
Received 26 Jan 2023157 Chase Cross Road Romford RM5 3YR
Received 16 Apr 201838 Linden Street Romford RM7 7DP
Received 15 Apr 201964 Balgores Lane Gidea Park RM2 5JU
Received 17 May 201711 Merlin Gardens Romford RM5 3YD
Received 23 Jul 202637 Thameshill Avenue Romford RM5 3BU
Received 3 Jan 2023Pavement O/s Liberty Car Park, Western Road, Romford. London RM1 3LD
Received 21 Nov 201875 Hacton Drive Hornchurch RM12 6DL
Received 11 Feb 201955 SPENSER CRESCENT UPMINSTER RM14 1AW
Received 7 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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