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461 approved · 2,688 refused · 640 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Balmoral Road ROMFORD RM2 5XD
Received 23 Jan 2018264 Hilldene Avenue Romford RM3 8DH
Received 20 Nov 20247 Percival Road Hornchurch RM11 2AH
Received 3 Jan 2023Access Storage Solutions, 12 Southend Arterial Road Hornchurch RM3 0BX
Received 28 Oct 202270 Gooshays Drive Romford RM3 9HP
Received 14 Oct 2022Phase 1 - Beam Park Land South of New Road (A1306) New Road RM13 8BU
Received 6 Jun 201912 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LU
Received 3 Jan 20239 - 17 Collier Row Road Romford RM5 3NT
Received 8 May 201928 Ainsley Avenue Romford RM7 9HT
Received 9 Aug 201790 South Street Romford RM1 1RX
Received 11 Jan 2023Flats 1-10 Cheltenham Court 20 Haydock Close Hornchurch RM12 6EA
Received 3 Apr 202355 Chestnut Glen HORNCHURCH RM12 4HL
Received 26 Apr 201757 Heath Drive ROMFORD RM2 5QR
Received 16 Jan 2018423 St Marys Lane Upminster RM14 3JB
Received 25 Sept 202359A Argyle Gardens Upmnster Essex RM14 3HH
Received 20 Jan 20236 ARDLEIGH CLOSE HORNCHURCH RM11 2SS
Received 15 Jun 202417 Wren Gardens HORNCHURCH RM12 4DT
Received 29 Jan 20181 Seaburn Close Rainham RM13 8BP
Received 27 Apr 202339 Brookside Hornchurch RM11 2RL
Received 3 Jun 202431 The Mount Romford RM3 7LJ
Received 7 Oct 202466 Crow Lane Romford RM7 0EP
Received 21 Jan 202671 MUNGO PARK ROAD RAINHAM RM13 7PJ
Received 15 Oct 202441 Westland Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3SD
Received 4 Jul 20176 Far Way Hornchurch RM11 3DN
Received 11 Sept 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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