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.
492 approved · 2,788 refused · 693 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Nov 2011 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
39 Brookside Hornchurch RM11 2RL
Received 28 Feb 2024165-167 South Street Romford RM1 1PS
Received 5 Feb 2024West Ham United Training Ground Rush Green Road Romford RM7 0LA
Received 24 Sept 201850 Ascension Road Romford RM5 3RT
Received 3 Feb 202625 Sheffield Drive Romford RM3 9YH
Received 9 May 2023177 Cherry Tree Lane Rainham RM13 8TU
Received 26 Apr 201864 White Hart Lane Romford RM7 8JB
Received 27 Nov 2015Car Park Adjacent 30 Dorrington Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4HX
Received 21 Jan 202666 Hyland Way Hornchurch RM11 1DY
Received 8 Aug 20252 Clovelly Gardens Romford RM7 8NP
Received 9 Jun 201910 WALDEN WAY HORNCHURCH RM11 2LB
Received 5 Dec 2023131 Gooshays Drive ROMFORD RM3 8AE
Received 21 Jul 20175 Bay Close Romford RM7 0HZ
Received 21 May 202455 Glebe Way Hornchurch RM11 3RR
Received 30 Aug 202322 Burlington Avenue Romford RM7 9JD
Received 2 Apr 20182 Hoylake Gardens ROMFORD RM3 0RP
Received 9 Jun 20178 Arbour Way Hornchurch RM12 5BS
Received 19 Feb 201995 Dorking Road Romford RM3 9YU
Received 30 May 2024Havering College Of Further And Higher Education Ardleigh Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2LL
Received 20 Jan 202312 Hog Hill Road Collier Row Essex RM5 2DH
Received 25 May 202317 Elliott Gardens Romford RM3 7BH
Received 2 Sept 2026137 Park Lane Hornchurch RM11 1EQ
Received 18 Mar 20246 Holgate Court Western Road Romford RM1 3JS
Received 10 Apr 201857 The Mount Romford RM3 7LJ
Received 18 Dec 2025Records 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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