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474 approved · 2,751 refused · 670 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
New City College, Ardleigh Green Campus Land off Nelmes Way Ardleigh Green Hornchurch RM11 2LL
Received 25 Nov 202544 Leaf Hill Drive ROMFORD RM3 7FA
Received 5 Jul 201793 Ambleside Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5EU
Received 25 Apr 202412 Wayside Close Romford RM1 4ES
Received 31 Jul 201864 Hacton Drive Hornchurch RM12 6DP
Received 12 Jun 202322 Nelmes Crescent Hornchurch RM11 2QB
Received 28 Mar 202448 Cheviot Road Hornchurch RM11 1LP
Received 13 Mar 20242 Beaufort Close Romford RM7 8DD
Received 30 Dec 202472 Beltinge Road Romford RM3 0UJ
Received 21 Apr 2019177 Squirrels Heath Lane Hornchurch RM11 2DX
Received 1 Oct 2018195-205 New Road and 1-9 Cherry Tree Lane Rainham RM13 8SJ
Received 23 Jun 20171 ASTOR AVENUE ROMFORD RM7 9JH
Received 2 Apr 202636 Spencer Road Rainham RM13 8HB
Received 11 Apr 202436 CLARENCE AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 2RL
Received 7 Sept 20171 Hornminster Glen (Excel House) Hornchurch RM11 3XL
Received 4 May 201714 Victoria Avenue Romford RM5 2QD
Received 18 Nov 2022137 Devonshire Road Hornchurch RM12 4LP
Received 6 Jul 202369 Dorset Avenue ROMFORD RM1 4LL
Received 14 Dec 20164 Brooklands Gardens Hornchurch RM11 2AE
Received 5 Jun 201931A PARK DRIVE ROMFORD RM1 4LH
Received 18 Dec 202321 Berwick Road Rainham RM13 9QU
Received 29 Aug 202332 Retford Road Romford RM3 9NB
Received 18 Aug 2023106 Faringdon Avenue Romford RM3 8JS
Received 3 Nov 202546 Westmoreland Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2EE
Received 9 May 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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