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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474 approved · 2,751 refused · 670 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mount View Noak Hill Road Romford RM3 7LD
Received 12 Oct 201834 Berwick Road Rainham RM13 9QU
Received 24 Apr 202455 Amberley Way Romford RM7 8BT
Received 1 Feb 202476 CRANSTON PARK AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 3XH
Received 14 Mar 2019The White Lodge 78 Orange Tree Hill Havering-atte-bower Romford RM4 1PJ
Received 16 Jan 202424 Diban Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 4YE
Received 7 Feb 2018Aldi Stores Ltd 119-129 St Marys Lane, Upminster RM14 2QB
Received 5 Jul 2018252 LODGE LANE ROMFORD RM5 2EJ
Received 14 Mar 201816 Hunter Drive Hornchurch RM12 5TS
Received 11 Mar 2024Denham, Argyle Gardens Upminster RM14 3HD
Received 1 Dec 20251 Thorn Lane RAINHAM RM13 9RD
Received 21 Sept 201715 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 5JT
Received 31 Aug 20241 Charlock Close ROMFORD RM3 0LE
Received 22 Aug 20177 Staverton Road Hornchurch RM11 2DH
Received 22 Jan 201853 MAWNEY ROAD ROMFORD RM7 7HL
Received 23 Sept 2026Car Park Adjacent 30 Dorrington Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4HX
Received 29 Apr 2026Harrow Lodge Hornchurch Road Hornchurch RM11 1JU
Received 12 Jan 202313-17 Collier Row Road Romford RM5 3NT
Received 4 Sept 201931 Milton Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4BN
Received 4 Jul 202322 Nelwyn Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2PZ
Received 5 Sept 2025129 Abbs Cross Lane Hornchurch RM12 4XT
Received 3 Jun 202596 Nelson Road RAINHAM RM13 8AP
Received 27 Sept 201721 Springbank Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5QT
Received 5 Dec 202476 Chase Cross Road Romford RM5 3PP
Received 6 Mar 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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