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.
470 approved · 2,735 refused · 666 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
203 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4DX
Received 5 Feb 201929 Station Road Upminster RM14 2SJ
Received 12 Oct 20222 Walden Avenue RAINHAM RM13 8DU
Received 2 Aug 2017Pavement to front of 29 Station Road Upminster RM14 2SJ
Received 27 Jan 202341 Parkstone Avenue HORNCHURCH RM11 3LN
Received 14 Feb 201860 Byron Way Romford RM3 7PS
Received 16 May 202423 New Road Rainham RM13 8DP
Received 28 Nov 20221 Suffolk Way Hornchurch RM11 3ET
Received 30 Jan 2024155 Cherry Tree Lane Rainham RM13 8TT
Received 7 Dec 20237 Preston Road Romford RM3 7YU
Received 13 Dec 2023Havering College of Further and Higher Education Tring Gardens Romford RM3 9ES
Received 23 May 202485 Ford Lane Rainham RM13 7AT
Received 3 Apr 2024108 CHESTNUT AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM12 4HD
Received 25 Nov 2024Carpetright Plc, Southend Arterial Road Hornchurch RM3 0BZ
Received 23 Dec 202427/28 FLORENCE CLOSE Garages adj Hornchurch RM12 6LD
Received 28 Aug 2018Wild Rose House, Flat 1 3 Firwood Lane Romford RM3 0FQ
Received 14 Feb 201916 Sunningdale Road Rainham RM13 7BD
Received 25 Nov 202246 Globe Road Hornchurch RM11 1BW
Received 22 Mar 2019Crownfield Junior School White Hart Lane Romford RM7 8JB
Received 10 Dec 201814 Burland Road Romford RM5 3RD
Received 26 Oct 202529 Links Avenue Romford RM2 6NB
Received 12 Jul 202362 STATION ROAD UPMINSTER RM14 2TD
Received 29 Jul 20258 Dawson Drive RAINHAM RM13 7ED
Received 21 Jan 20189 Margaret Road Romford RM2 5SH
Received 25 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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