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.
494 approved · 2,799 refused · 693 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Woburn Avenue Elm Park RM12 4NQ
Received 28 Feb 201925 Slewins Lane Hornchurch RM11 2BZ
Received 9 Jan 202628 Beltinge Road Harold Wood Romford . RM3 0UJ
Received 21 Sept 201868 Jersey Road Rainham RM13 7DT
Received 7 Jul 202588 Garry Way Rise Park Romford RM1 4AW
Received 3 Apr 2017100 Chestnut Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4HD
Received 9 Feb 20263 Hamlet Close Romford RM5 2DT
Received 21 Aug 2019Royal Liberty School Upper Brentwood Road Romford RM2 6HJ
Received 10 Dec 20181-10 Cheltenham Court 20 Haydock Close Hornchurch RM12 6EA
Received 18 Sept 2025291 Warren Drive Hornchurch RM12 4PW
Received 30 Mar 2023145A Chase Cross Road Romford RM5 3YS
Received 11 Nov 202221 Dunster Crescent Hornchurch RM11 3QD
Received 1 Jul 2024119 Norman Road Hornchurch RM11 1NB
Received 9 Aug 2018116 Petersfield Avenue Romford RM3 9PH
Received 16 May 201712 Wren Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4DT
Received 27 Apr 20185 Ashleigh Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 3AX
Received 23 Jan 201754 Parkway Romford RM2 5PA
Received 8 Aug 201882B Stanley Avenue ROMFORD RM2 5BX
Received 9 Mar 2017Truly Scrumptious Early Years Nursery 63 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4HA
Received 2 Nov 2018120-126 High Street Hornchurch RM12 4UL
Received 9 Mar 201772 Winchester Avenue Upminster RM14 3LR
Received 21 Sept 202279 Westmoreland Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2EF
Received 26 Sept 202610 Reginald Road Romford RM3 0RA
Received 8 Aug 2018Neale Court Upminster Road Hornchurch RM11 3XP
Received 25 Nov 2024Records 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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