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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.
461 approved · 2,689 refused · 643 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Nelmes Crescent Hornchurch RM11 2PX
Received 27 Feb 202481 Briscoe Road RAINHAM RM13 9QG
Received 9 Oct 2017The Liberty Centre Western Road Romford RM1 3RL
Received 27 Dec 20182 Kingsmead Avenue Romford RM1 2BT
Received 16 Sept 201923 Lessington Avenue Romford RM7 9EB
Received 11 Sept 2024195 Lyndhurst Drive Hornchurch RM11 1JN
Received 12 Dec 202415 Balgores Square Romford RM2 6AU
Received 17 Feb 202312 Tindall Close Romford RM3 0PB
Received 14 Jun 20243 UPPER BEDFORDS VIEW ROMFORD RM1 4FA
Received 26 May 202317 Bridgwater Close ROMFORD RM3 7UD
Received 4 Oct 2017190 High Street Hornchurch RM12 6QP
Received 15 Jun 2018111 Grenfell Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4DS
Received 9 Oct 2017Veolia Rainham Landfill, Coldharbour Lane Rainham and Wennington RM13 9BJ
Received 7 May 2024118 Slewins Lane Hornchurch RM11 2BU
Received 8 Apr 2019First Floor of No 9-11, Quadrant Arcade Romford RM1 1NJ
Received 13 Dec 20239 Somerset Gardens HORNCHURCH RM11 3QT
Received 7 Feb 201824 Clitheroe Road ROMFORD RM5 2ST
Received 1 Dec 201736 Lovell Walk Hornchurch RM13 7ND
Received 10 Jul 2017Land at Freightmaster, Coldharbour Lane Rainham RM13 9BJ
Received 1 May 2024Land to the rear of 64 & 66 Stanley Road North Rainham RM13 8BJ
Received 18 Sept 20248 Warrington Gardens Hornchurch RM11 2AG
Received 8 May 2018Ivy Holt North Road Havering-atte-bower Romford RM4 1PS
Received 17 Feb 202312 Charlbury Close Romford RM3 8YS
Received 17 Aug 202350 Como Street Romford RM7 7DR
Received 11 Feb 2019Records 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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