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.
468 approved · 2,725 refused · 658 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 The Fairway Upminster RM14 1BS
Received 5 Feb 20193 Spilsby Road Harold Hill Romford RM3 8SB
Received 23 Jan 201921 Waldegrave Gardens Upminster RM14 1UT
Received 9 Dec 202444 Hacton Drive Hornchurch RM12 6DP
Received 23 Apr 2018Land at 37 Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2EU
Received 2 Apr 202438 Collier Row Road ROMFORD RM5 3BH
Received 13 Jun 2017144 London Road Romford RM7 9QL
Received 31 May 201757 Montgomery Crescent Romford RM3 7UH
Received 21 May 201943 Bartlow Gardens r/o Romford RM5 3UA
Received 21 May 2019The Thatch land adj Broxhill Road Havering-atte-Bower Romford RM4 1QJ
Received 23 Nov 201869 Calbourne Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5BH
Received 8 Oct 2024146 Bevan Way Hornchurch RM12 6DT
Received 14 Feb 2019Bower House, Amana Trust Orange Tree Hill Havering-atte-bower Romford RM4 1PB
Received 10 Jul 202426 Station Road, Outside No. 26 Station Road, Upminster, RM14 2UB
Received 15 Jun 2018Freightmaster Estate, Coldharbour Lane Rainham RM13 9BJ
Received 12 Jun 20242A Tuck Road Rainham RM13 7HB
Received 11 Jul 20194 Elm Walk Romford RM2 5NR
Received 22 Jun 2018112 Cherry Tree Lane RAINHAM RM13 8TS
Received 4 May 201827 Troopers Drive Romford RM3 9DE
Received 24 Jun 202415 Essex Gardens Hornchurch RM11 3EH
Received 19 Jul 20198 Seabrook Gardens Romford RM7 0EU
Received 25 Jun 20258 Pettits Close Romford RM1 4EB
Received 8 Apr 2019Hurstwood Court 15 Hall Lane UPMINSTER RM14 1BB
Received 30 Oct 201717 Station Road, Gidea Park Romford RM2 6BX
Received 13 Sept 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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