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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.
483 approved · 2,768 refused · 686 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 MANOR CLOSE ROMFORD RM1 2RB
Received 11 Dec 2023131 Shepherds Hill ROMFORD RM3 0NR
Received 19 Jan 201865 Limerick Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 1HZ
Received 19 Mar 201752 Leyburn Crescent Harold Hill Romford
Received 18 Jun 201837 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4HH
Received 3 Nov 202314 Crossways Romford RM2 6AL
Received 19 Sept 202389 Eyhurst Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4RB
Received 23 Apr 202517 Fitzilian Avenue Romford RM3 0QS
Received 20 May 20191 BEAR BLOCK COTTAGES, HARWOOD HALL LANE UPMINSTER RM14 2DL
Received 1 Mar 2024400 Rainham Road RAINHAM RM13 7LJ
Received 10 Jan 2018Upper Bedfords Farm Lower Bedfords Road Romford RM1 4DQ
Received 21 Dec 201632 Mansfield Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4NL
Received 21 Jul 201738 Woodstock Avenue Romford RM3 9NF
Received 21 Oct 202251 SYCAMORE AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 2HS
Received 20 Jun 2024Land known as Silt Lagoons Rainham Marshes Coldharbour Lane Rainham RM13 9BJ
Received 17 Aug 202213 Edenhall Road Romford RM3 7RT
Received 4 Apr 201928 Calbourne Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 5BJ
Received 27 Jul 2017251 Warren Drive Hornchurch RM12 4PL
Received 17 Jul 202391 Briscoe Road Rainham RM13 9QG
Received 3 May 20231 DART CLOSE UPMINSTER RM14 1PR
Received 24 Jan 202464 Park End Road Romford RM1 4AU
Received 20 Jul 202330 Ingreway Romford RM3 0BW
Received 31 Oct 202334 Nelmes Way Hornchurch RM11 2QZ
Received 6 Sept 202426 Gillian Crescent Gidea Park Romford RM2 6NU
Received 2 Sept 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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