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461 approved · 2,689 refused · 645 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Cedric Avenue Romford RM1 4JL
Received 16 Oct 2025Nando's Restaurant, The Brewery Romford RM1 1AU
Received 23 May 202330 Mcintosh Road Romford RM1 4JJ
Received 5 Jan 202621 Stour Way Upminster RM14 1QQ
Received 20 Jun 201718 Nelmes Road Hornchurch RM11 3JA
Received 18 Oct 2024Rubicon Court 21-23 North Street ROMFORD RM1 1BJ
Received 16 Oct 2017Queens Hospital Rom Valley Way RM7 0AG
Received 3 May 201741 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LN
Received 3 Jul 2025Rear of Noakes Cafe 10d New Road Rainham RM13 9EB
Received 13 Sept 2019Phase 1 - Beam Park Land South of New Road (A1306) New Road L.B Havering RM13 8BU
Received 5 Jun 2019St Edwards Court London Road Romford RM7 9QD
Received 20 Jun 201868 Sowrey Avenue Rainham RM13 7NA
Received 24 Feb 2023141 Amersham Road Romford RM3 9JA
Received 15 Dec 2025230 South Street Romford RM1 2AD
Received 6 Jan 202314 Rodney Way Romford RM7 8PD
Received 9 Feb 202614 Sylvan Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2PN
Received 4 Feb 202642 Devonshire Road Hornchurch RM12 4LQ
Received 4 Jul 20241 Bretons Cottages land adj Rainham Road RM13 7LL
Received 11 Jan 201858 Springfield Gardens Upminster RM14 3ER
Received 14 Jun 20195 PARKWAY ROMFORD RM2 5NT
Received 6 Nov 2024147 South Street Romford RM1 1PL
Received 12 Jan 201922 HOLDEN WAY UPMINSTER RM14 1BP
Received 26 May 202610 Layborne Avenue Noak Hill Romford RM3 7TP
Received 28 Nov 202537 Cavenham Gardens Hornchurch RM11 2AU
Received 7 Jun 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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