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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.
479 approved · 2,757 refused · 683 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Apr 2012 to 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Maylands Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5BE
Received 28 Nov 20244 Stafford Industrial Estate Hillman Close Hornchurch RM11 2SJ
Received 19 Dec 202252 Arlington Gardens Romford RM3 0EB
Received 5 Jan 202484B Upminster Road South Rainham RM13 9AA
Received 20 Dec 20229 Glamis Drive Hornchurch RM11 3RT
Received 11 Jan 2023199-201 Rush Green Road Romford RM7 0JR
Received 20 Mar 2026121 Shepherds Hill Romford RM3 0NP
Received 12 Aug 2019101 Collier Row Road Romford RM5 2AT
Received 4 Nov 20252 Milton Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4BW
Received 20 Sept 202438 Woodstock Avenue Romford RM3 9NF
Received 21 Oct 202233 South Street Rainham RM13 8PJ
Received 2 Apr 202492 Rosslyn Avenue Romford RM3 0DJ
Received 8 May 2019Chilton North Road Havering-atte-bower Romford RM4 1PX
Received 30 May 2024Land bound by Waterloo Road to the east; the Great Eastern M Cotleigh Road to the west; and London Road to the north Romford RM7 9AT
Received 12 Mar 2026160A-162A Hornchurch Road Hornchurch RM11 1QH
Received 9 Jul 2025139 South End Road Rainham RM13 7XU
Received 30 Aug 202413 ERNEST ROAD HORNCHURCH RM11 3JE
Received 15 Sept 2017114 Diban Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4YH
Received 3 Feb 202535 Primrose Glen Hornchurch RM11 2NL
Received 9 Aug 2018Waterloo Estate & Queen Street Romford
Received 28 Dec 201881 St Lawrence Road Upminster RM14 2UN
Received 31 Mar 202323 Kenway Romford RM5 3EH
Received 18 Jun 2024131 Gooshays Drive ROMFORD RM3 8AE
Received 17 May 2017313 Upper Rainham Road Hornchurch RM12 4DB
Received 8 Sept 2022Records 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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