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455 approved · 2,665 refused · 637 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
49 Berkeley Drive HORNCHURCH RM11 3PZ
Received 28 Jul 201731 High Street HORNCHURCH RM11 1TP
Received 13 Jul 2017Bower House, Amana Trust Orange Tree Hill Havering-atte-bower Romford RM4 1PB
Received 26 Jan 202316 COPTHORNE GARDENS HORNCHURCH RM11 3DL
Received 26 Mar 202457 Herbert Road Hornchurch RM11 3LL
Received 4 Jun 201811 Pease Close HORNCHURCH RM12 5AW
Received 12 Oct 201791 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3AT
Received 9 May 202326 Honiton Road Romford RM7 9AJ
Received 3 Jun 202531 High Street Hornchurch RM11 1TP
Received 24 Jul 20172 Craven Gardens Harold Wood RM3 0DF
Received 12 Jul 2017Land at Oak Farm Maylands Fields Romford IG1 9UX
Received 29 Mar 201892 Sunnings Lane Upminster RM14 2DQ
Received 27 Dec 20185 Elm Grove Hornchurch RM11 3UA
Received 12 Mar 2019142 HIGH STREET HORNCHURCH RM12 6QX
Received 26 Sept 202388 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch Essex RM11 3LR
Received 16 Oct 201764 South End Road Rainham RM13 7XJ
Received 24 Jul 2025104 Upper Rainham Road Hornchurch RM12 4EE
Received 9 Aug 202396 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4ER
Received 17 Jun 202643 Repton Avenue Romford RM2 5LT
Received 18 Feb 201910 Herbert Road Hornchurch RM11 3LA
Received 9 Jul 2018All Car Spares Ltd, Walden Avenue Rainham RM13 8EA
Received 23 Feb 202619 Waycross Road Upminster RM14 1LZ
Received 8 Dec 2022125 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3AT
Received 8 Jan 2026Carpetright Plc, Southend Arterial Road Hornchurch RM3 0BZ
Received 29 Nov 2023Records 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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