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.
481 approved · 2,761 refused · 686 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Pioneer House North Street Hornchurch RM11 1QZ
Received 17 Nov 20178-9 Noak Hill Road Romford RM3 7LA
Received 30 Jan 2024230 Balgores Lane Gidea Park Romford RM2 6BS
Received 12 Jul 201951 David Drive Romford RM3 0YA
Received 19 Apr 202425 Slewins Lane Hornchurch RM11 2BZ
Received 30 Jun 202537 Ayloffs Walk Hornchurch RM11 2RJ
Received 26 Nov 202521-23 Sheffield Drive land r/o Harold Hill Romford
Received 8 Sept 201711 PARK DRIVE ROMFORD RM1 4LJ
Received 5 Apr 2018Waterloo Estate and Queens Street Romford
Received 25 Jun 2018Land adjacent to 76 White Hart Lane Romford RM7 8JB
Received 31 Mar 202638 Allandale Road Hornchurch RM11 1AP
Received 20 May 202415 Sylvan Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2PL
Received 8 Nov 201821 Cumberland Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6HU
Received 11 Jun 202644 The Ridgeway Gidea Park ROMFORD RM2 5BT
Received 20 Dec 20174 Woodcutters Close Hornchurch RM11 2EZ
Received 21 Sept 202587 Park Lane Hornchurch RM11 1BH
Received 5 Aug 20263 Mulberry Close Romford RM2 6DX
Received 21 Mar 2025Pavement O/s 238 Balgores Lane, Gidea Park, Romford London RM2 6BS
Received 21 Nov 20185 Albert Mews Romford RM1 2PD
Received 5 Apr 202473 Moor Lane Cranham Upminster RM14 1ET
Received 17 Nov 201741 Hyland Close Hornchurch RM11 1DX
Received 8 May 2019Brewdog (old Natwest Bank) 18 Station Road Upminster RM14 2UB
Received 21 Aug 20237 Hainault Road Romford RM5 3AA
Received 7 Nov 20234 The Drive, Harold Wood Romford RM3 0DU
Received 19 Apr 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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