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474 approved · 2,751 refused · 670 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
113 Pretoria Road Romford RM7 7AX
Received 28 May 202517 Hall Lane Upminster RM14 1AF
Received 17 Apr 20191 MELLOWES ROAD HORNCHURCH RM11 1GF
Received 28 Jun 20239 Kent Drive Hornchurch RM12 6TD
Received 28 Jan 202629 LYNDHURST DRIVE HORNCHURCH RM11 1JL
Received 15 Mar 2018155 Parkside Avenue ROMFORD RM1 4NL
Received 16 Jan 2018369 South End Road Hornchurch RM12 5NA
Received 18 Jul 201932 Retford Road Romford RM3 9NB
Received 23 Dec 202213 Station Road Harold Wood Romford RM3 0BP
Received 9 Jan 202310 Helen Road Hornchurch RM11 2EW
Received 22 Aug 20196 Howard Road Upminster RM14 2UF
Received 22 May 201834 Meadway Romford RM2 5NU
Received 7 Nov 202245 Amersham Road Romford RM3 9HX
Received 12 Dec 2024Beam Park Former Ford Assembly Plant Site New Road (A1306) Rainham
Received 10 Mar 201835 Wykeham Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2LA
Received 14 Nov 202425 Champion Road Upminster RM14 2SY
Received 30 Aug 201843 Belgrave Avenue Romford RM2 6QA
Received 2 Jul 20194 Acacia Drive Upminster RM14 2LJ
Received 11 Oct 202316 Worcester Avenue Upminster RM14 3LA
Received 9 Mar 2026UKPN Proposed 132kV GIS Substation in land at Fair Play Farm off Clay Tye Rd Upminster RM14 3PL
Received 27 Jul 2026Mick Fury House, 1st Floor, Mike Fury House Lowen Road Rainham RM13 8HT
Received 15 Aug 201928 The Green, Wennington Rainham RM13 9DX
Received 22 May 202325 Fairfield Avenue UPMINSTER RM14 3AZ
Received 1 Feb 201819 Marshalls Drive Romford RM1 4JR
Received 23 Apr 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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