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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.
463 approved · 2,699 refused · 650 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Amersham Drive Romford RM3 9HL
Received 2 Feb 2026Land to the rear of 1-17 Dunton Road, Romford Dunton Road Romford
Received 1 Dec 201740 Coleridge Road Romford RM3 7BB
Received 6 Jan 202644 Heath Drive Romford RM2 5QL
Received 23 Feb 202336 Oak Street Romford RM7 7BA
Received 22 Mar 2023166 Wennington Road Rainham RM13 9DG
Received 12 Jan 2023LAND BOUND BY WATERLOO ROAD TO THE EAST; THE GREAT EASTERN MAIN LINE TO THE SOUTH, COTLEIGH ROAD TO AND LONDON ROAD TO THE NORTH ROMFORD ROMFORD
Received 1 Sept 202655 White Hart Lane Romford RM7 8JB
Received 30 Mar 2026118 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3AU
Received 9 Sept 202594 Mildmay Road Romford RM7 7DB
Received 5 Feb 201915 Hurstlands Close Hornchurch RM11 1PL
Received 2 Mar 202615 Benhurst Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4QS
Received 1 Dec 202262 Percy Road Romford RM7 8RA
Received 4 Jan 201918 Parkway Romford RM2 5NT
Received 19 Jul 202323 Nelmes Road Hornchurch RM11 3HX
Received 15 Apr 202686 Princes Road Romford RM1 2SP
Received 11 Aug 201817 MEADWAY ROMFORD RM2 5NU
Received 28 Nov 202550 Clyde Crescent Upminster RM14 1SU
Received 13 Mar 201954 STANLEY ROAD HORNCHURCH RM12 4JN
Received 4 May 202313 New Place Gardens Upminster RM14 3DG
Received 12 Mar 20191 - 3 Widecombe Close Romford RM3 8PL
Received 8 Nov 2018Waterloo Estate Romford RM7 9AT
Received 9 Jun 20239 Londons Close Upminster RM14 2DU
Received 6 Feb 202369 Bruce Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4JF
Received 3 Aug 2026Records 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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