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.
459 approved · 2,678 refused · 637 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
194 Elm Park Avenue Hornchurch Essex RM12 4SD
Received 1 Dec 202216 Highfield Road Hornchurch RM12 6PT
Received 30 Jan 201911 Broomfield Close Romford RM5 3XE
Received 29 Jun 201820 Arlington Gardens Romford RM3 0EA
Received 20 Jun 2023Grass Verge on Ashbourne Road/Lewes Road Romford RM3 7YR
Received 20 Aug 2024468 HAVERING ROAD ROMFORD RM1 4HR
Received 20 Jun 202374 Collier Row Road Romford RM5 2BA
Received 6 Sept 202314 Elder Way Rainham RM13 9SX
Received 2 May 2024179 New Road Rainham RM13 8SH
Received 5 Feb 202414 Lynwood Close Romford RM5 2QU
Received 4 Apr 20182 Blacksmiths Lane Rainham RM13 7AD
Received 2 Nov 202388 Dominion Drive Romford RM5 2QP
Received 30 Aug 202373 Alma Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6SS
Received 10 Oct 2023106 Mawney Road Romford RM7 7JB
Received 22 Jun 2023Land at Rom Valley Way (formerly Romford Ice Rink) Rom Valley Way Romford
Received 24 Jul 202633 Wainfleet Avenue Romford RM5 3BX
Received 16 May 20255 Anstead Drive Rainham RM13 7QS
Received 20 Jun 202325 Hilldene Avenue Romford RM3 8YL
Received 5 Jan 202316 Priory Road Romford RM3 9AT
Received 12 Sept 202422 Allenby Drive Hornchurch RM11 3SA
Received 24 Feb 20235 Rodney Way Romford RM7 8PD
Received 20 Jun 202461 Park End Road Romford RM1 4AX
Received 12 Sept 2023Faber House Eastern Road Romford RM1 3PJ
Received 6 Apr 2018Harefield House The Chase Upminster RM14 3YB
Received 10 Jun 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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