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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460 approved · 2,683 refused · 640 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
36 Grosvenor Drive Hornchurch RM11 1PN
Received 30 Jul 2019Plot 10, New Acres Land north west of Benskins Lane Romford RM4 1LB
Received 17 Nov 20258 Rockingham Avenue HORNCHURCH RM11 1HH
Received 5 Oct 201742 Dymoke Road Hornchurch RM11 1AA
Received 14 Sept 2026146 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM11 2HR
Received 31 Jul 2023Briar Road Shop Site Romford RM3 8AH
Received 2 Aug 2017Pinewood Poultry Farm 1 Pinewood Road Havering-atte-Bower ROMFORD RM4 1PH
Received 24 Oct 2016127 RUSH GREEN ROAD RUSH GREEN RM7 0PU
Received 11 May 2017Chippenham Road, Kings Lynn Drive Harold Hill RM3 8YG
Received 10 Aug 2023160-162 Balgores Lane ROMFORD RM2 6BS
Received 23 Mar 2017429 Brentwood Road Romford RM2 6DD
Received 18 Dec 2023Hylands Primary School Granger Way Romford RM1 2RU
Received 6 Dec 20248 Franks Cottages St Mary's Lane UPMINSTER RM14 3NU
Received 20 Jan 2018Dovers Corner Industrial Estate New Road Rainham RM13 8QT
Received 19 Jun 2019114 Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2RX
Received 12 Oct 2023Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College Abbs Cross Lane Hornchurch RM12 4YB
Received 28 Mar 201934 ALLEN ROAD RAINHAM RM13 9JX
Received 1 Nov 2017The Cranleigh, 84 Station Lane Hornchurch RM12 6LX
Received 15 Nov 2024177-179, Mawney Road (R/O) Romford RM7 8BX
Received 19 May 202310 Redfern Gardens Romford RM2 6PY
Received 23 Apr 2025Post Office, 80 Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2EL
Received 2 Feb 202624 Station Parade Elm Park Hornchurch RM12 5AB
Received 25 Mar 20199 Fernbank Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5RA
Received 29 Sept 202526 Cranham Road Hornchurch RM11 2AA
Received 5 May 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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