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.
457 approved · 2,673 refused · 637 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
127-133 HIGH STREET HORNCHURCH RM11 1TX
Received 3 Apr 202339 Charlotte Gardens Romford RM5 2ED
Received 25 Nov 2022126 Squirrels Heath Lane Hornchurch RM11 2DY
Received 9 Jun 2023385 Rush Green Road Romford RM7 0NJ
Received 6 Dec 202551 Ambleside Avenue Elm Park RM12 5ES
Received 13 Apr 201849 Coleridge Road Romford RM3 7BD
Received 12 Jul 2019Ponderosa, New Road Rainham RM13 9PL
Received 15 Dec 20258 Balgores Square Gidea Park Romford
Received 18 May 201761 Crystal Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6SJ
Received 4 Oct 202258 Ravenscourt Drive Hornchurch RM12 6HL
Received 3 Nov 2025251 Warren Drive Hornchurch RM12 4PL
Received 10 Nov 20225 Ockendon Road land adj Upminster Essex RM14 3PT
Received 14 Nov 201746 South Street Romford RM1 1RB
Received 4 Sept 2025Clay Tye Cottage Clay Tye Road Upminster RM14 3PL
Received 25 Jan 202326 Spenser Crescent UPMINSTER RM14 1AN
Received 15 May 201721 Essex Gardens Hornchurch RM11 3EJ
Received 1 Mar 20195 HAZELL CRESCENT COLLIER ROW RM5 2AL
Received 21 Jun 2017Corner Farm, Fen Lane, North Ockendon Upminster RM14 3RB
Received 29 Aug 20236 Woodstock Avenue Romford RM3 9NF
Received 25 Apr 202488 Eastern Road Romford RM1 3QA
Received 24 Dec 2025630 Upper Brentwood Road ROMFORD RM2 6HT
Received 19 Dec 201771 Minster Way HORNCHURCH RM11 3TD
Received 15 May 2017272 Elm Park Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4PQ
Received 19 Oct 20188 Walden Way Hornchurch RM11 2LB
Received 5 Apr 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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