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.
474 approved · 2,751 refused · 670 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Apr 2012 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Royal Liberty School Upper Brentwood Road Romford RM2 6HJ
Received 9 May 20197 Front Lane Upminster RM14 3YD
Received 15 Dec 2025The Liberty 11 Western Road Romford RM1 3RL
Received 5 Jun 202474 Ravenscourt Grove Hornchurch RM12 6HH
Received 30 Oct 201863 Mount Pleasant Road Romford RM5 3YP
Received 31 May 20196 Allen Road Rainham RM13 9JS
Received 22 Jul 20196 Kynance Close Romford RM3 7LB
Received 19 Aug 202585 BRISCOE ROAD RAINHAM RM13 9QG
Received 2 Jan 20241 Freeborne Gardens Rainham RM13 7PR
Received 13 Jul 2018Unit 2 - 3 King George Close Romford RM7 7PN
Received 4 Dec 2025Millstone House 80 St Marys Lane Upminster RM14 2QH
Received 18 Jun 2019St Edwards C Of E School London Road Romford RM7 9NX
Received 5 Jul 2022Birnam Wood Pupil Referral Unit Inskip Drive Hornchurch RM11 3UR
Received 2 Apr 20191 Granton Avenue Upminster RM14 2RX
Received 31 Aug 20235 Balgores Square Gidea Park Romford RM2 6AU
Received 31 Aug 201737 Reed Pond Walk Romford RM2 5PD
Received 19 Nov 2024Land Rear Of 163 Haynes Road HORNCHURCH RM11 2HX
Received 11 May 2017428 Upminster Road North Rainham RM13 9ES
Received 10 Jun 202420 Wickford Close Romford RM3 9SD
Received 16 Jan 201937 Gorseway, Rush Green Romford RM7 0RP
Received 27 Aug 202436 Rowan Walk Hornchurch RM11 2JA
Received 23 Nov 202317 Dymoke Road Hornchurch RM11 1AA
Received 29 Mar 201814 MELSTOCK AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 3UP
Received 4 Aug 2017101 Kempton Avenue Hornchurch
Received 17 Jan 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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