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455 approved · 2,664 refused · 637 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Windermere Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5EP
Received 13 May 202626 Heath Park Road land r/o Romford
Received 1 Mar 2018165-167 South Street Romford RM1 1PS
Received 23 Nov 201858 Castellan Avenue Romford RM2 6EK
Received 1 Apr 201953 Eastern Avenue East Romford RM1 4SD
Received 1 Aug 202484 Station Road Gidea Park Romford RM2 6DB
Received 30 Apr 2019Tirmizey Da Costa, 30 Station Lane Hornchurch RM12 6NJ
Received 24 Apr 202474 Elms Farm Road Hornchurch RM12 5RD
Received 7 May 201931 The Mount Romford RM3 7LJ
Received 13 Nov 202417-19 Market Place Romford RM1 3AB
Received 10 Nov 20231 Freeborne Gardens Rainham RM13 7PR
Received 11 Jan 2024172-174 South Street Romford RM1 1TR
Received 27 Mar 2019171 Station Lane Hornchurch RM12 6LL
Received 25 Apr 202326A South Street Rainham RM13 8PJ
Received 11 Sept 2025Land to the Rear of Telephone Exchange Building 64 North Street Hornchurch RM11 1SS
Received 25 Jun 202627 Waverley Road Rainham RM13 9ND
Received 18 Jul 2017First Floor of 28 Station Road Essex RM14 2UB
Received 14 Aug 20192 Bowden Drive Hornchurch RM11 3UP
Received 20 Apr 202349 Barton Avenue Romford RM7 0NB
Received 1 Jul 2024Wennington Fire Station Wennington Road
Received 21 Mar 2019335 Straight Road ROMFORD RM3 7JT
Received 30 Jun 2017Two Pines, Orange Tree Hill Romford RM4 1PB
Received 16 Feb 2024Bower House Orange Tree Hill Havering-atte-Bower
Received 17 Sept 201815 The Drive, Harold Wood Romford RM3 0DU
Received 16 Jul 2025Records 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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