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461 approved · 2,688 refused · 640 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
137 Moor Lane Cranham Upminster RM14 1HF
Received 9 Apr 201910 LIMERICK GARDENS UPMINSTER RM14 1HY
Received 5 Sept 2017240 Rainham Road Rainham RM13 7TP
Received 8 Mar 201912 Greenock Way Romford RM1 4RT
Received 28 Jan 202650 Tawny Avenue Upminster RM14 2EP
Received 5 Jul 202370 Highfield Road Romford RM5 3SA
Received 16 Aug 201811 Hampshire Road Hornchurch RM11 3EU
Received 28 Nov 2023217 Main Road Romford RM2 6NP
Received 12 Jun 20253 Boscombe Avenue Hornchurch RM11 1JQ
Received 27 Sept 20188 Tudor Gardens Upminster RM14 3DE
Received 28 Feb 2023166 North Street Romford RM1 1DR
Received 15 Oct 2018145 Osborne Road Hornchurch RM11 1HG
Received 12 Apr 2018150 Alma Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6BP
Received 16 May 201928 Ravenscourt Grove Hornchurch RM12 6HS
Received 14 May 201818 Plover Gardens Upminster RM14 1EJ
Received 26 Jun 202319 Caernarvon Close Hornchurch Essex RM11 3QL
Received 20 Feb 202340 Bush Elms Road Hornchurch RM11 1LS
Received 29 May 2025Allen Of Romford, 17 London Road Romford RM7 9QB
Received 20 Jan 202638 Sowrey Avenue RAINHAM RM13 7NA
Received 13 Mar 201861 Ramsden Drive Romford RM5 2NL
Received 16 Oct 202318 Holme Road Hornchurch RM11 3QS
Received 13 May 202497 Chase Cross Road Romford RM5 3RP
Received 2 Aug 202421 St Leonards Way Hornchurch RM11 1FP
Received 19 Apr 20245 HAZELL CRESCENT ROMFORD RM5 2AL
Received 12 Oct 2017Records 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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