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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.
460 approved · 2,683 refused · 640 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Oldchurch Hospital Site 3 Union Road Romford RM7 0GN
Received 30 Oct 201724 Severn Drive Upminster RM14 1SW
Received 18 Jun 201922 Essex Road Romford RM7 8BE
Received 14 Dec 202240 HORNDON ROAD ROMFORD RM5 3EU
Received 18 Mar 202640 Mashiters Walk ROMFORD RM1 4BX
Received 12 Jul 201717 Sims Close Romford RM1 3QT
Received 10 Apr 2017103 North End Noak Hill Romford Essex RM3 7TW
Received 18 Aug 2017Mowbrays Close Garage Block Mowbrays Close Romford RM5 3HJ
Received 2 Oct 20231 Cowper Road Rainham RM13 9TT
Received 24 Oct 202457 Brookdale Avenue UPMINSTER RM14 2LT
Received 20 Sept 20172 Monarch Close Rainham RM13 8SQ
Received 12 Aug 2026Land at Rom Valley Way (formerly Romford Ice Rink) Rom Valley Way Romford
Received 30 Mar 20262 PINEWOOD ROAD, HAVERING-ATTE-BOWER ROMFORD RM4 1PH
Received 4 Jan 202426 Calbourne Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 5BJ
Received 27 Jul 20172 The Fairway UPMINSTER RM14 1BS
Received 1 Aug 201733 Lingfield Avenue Upminster RM14 2PF
Received 10 Jul 202435 Clement Way Upminster RM14 2NX
Received 3 Jun 20265 Camborne Avenue Romford RM3 8RH
Received 9 Jan 2024Brookside, Heaton Grange Road Romford RM2 5PP
Received 23 Jul 202575 Frederick Road Rainham RM13 8NS
Received 31 Jul 2019Car Park Adjacent 30, Dorrington Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4HX
Received 1 Nov 20246 Tall Trees Close Hornchurch RM11 2QR
Received 18 Jan 201947 Cedar Road Romford RM7 7JS
Received 8 Jan 202688-92 High Street Hornchurch RM12 4UH
Received 26 Sept 2019Records 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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