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.
461 approved · 2,687 refused · 640 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
184-186 South Street Romford RM1 1TR
Received 29 Jun 202321 Heather Glen Rise Park Romford RM1 4SR
Received 31 Oct 2018Waterloo Estate Romford RM7 9AT
Received 16 Dec 2022269 Wingletye Lane HORNCHURCH RM11 3BT
Received 17 May 201716 Ayr Way Romford RM1 4UB
Received 27 Jan 202663 Northwood Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4PU
Received 28 Sept 202611 Newbury Gardens Upminster RM14 2PT
Received 14 Nov 2024First Port Retirement Merritt House Frazer Close Romford RM1 2DE
Received 12 Aug 2019110 Lower Bedfords Road Romford Essex RM1 4DQ
Received 16 Apr 2018109 Collier Row Road Romford RM5 2AT
Received 5 Sept 201925 Blewitts Cottages, New Road Rainham RM13 8SL
Received 20 May 202611 PARK DRIVE ROMFORD RM1 4LJ
Received 30 Jan 201828 Dartfields Romford RM3 8DQ
Received 12 Sept 202520 The Green Wennington Rainham RM13 9DX
Received 1 Aug 202315A St Andrews Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5DS
Received 2 May 202363 Masefield Crescent Romford RM3 7PB
Received 23 Dec 202252 Link Way Hornchurch RM11 3RW
Received 10 Jan 202364 Gelsthorpe Road Romford RM5 2NA
Received 19 Jun 202549 St Neots Road Romford RM3 9LT
Received 1 Sept 202584 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2LA
Received 17 Oct 201823 Ashwood Avenue Rainham RM13 9AS
Received 10 Nov 2025Bretons Rainham Road RAINHAM RM13 8SP
Received 9 Nov 201794 Mildmay Road Romford RM7 7DB
Received 22 May 2019205 Wennington Road Rainham RM13 9DF
Received 17 Aug 2026Records 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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