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.
493 approved · 2,796 refused · 693 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
67 Swanbourne Drive Hornchurch RM12 6RG
Received 3 May 201731 Abbots Close Rainham RM13 9LA
Received 27 Mar 201919 Meadway Romford RM2 5NU
Received 10 Dec 2018Park Farm Eastern Avenue East Romford RM3 7NR
Received 15 Feb 2024Land on the back of 124-126 diban avenue Hornchurch RM12 4YH
Received 15 Aug 20242 Mendoza Close Hornchurch RM11 2RP
Received 11 Aug 20191 Essex Close Romford RM7 8BD
Received 13 Jun 2025Foxton Cottage Dennises Lane Upminster Essex RM14 2XB
Received 1 Jun 201817A Mawney Road Romford RM7 7HL
Received 28 Feb 202498 Willow Street Romford RM7 7LB
Received 13 Aug 201931 Dewsbury Road Romford RM3 8DN
Received 24 Apr 201954 Lynwood Drive Romford RM5 2QX
Received 11 Jun 201855 Brookdale Avenue Upminster RM14 2LT
Received 3 Apr 20235 Ambleside Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5ES
Received 20 Nov 202310 Beech Close Hornchurch RM12 4QH
Received 25 Jan 202315 Fordyce Close Emerson Park Hornchurch RM11 3LE
Received 26 Feb 201852 Coronation Drive Hornchurch RM12 5BT
Received 27 Mar 202616 Nelmes Road Hornchurch RM11 3JA
Received 8 Jun 20232A Maybush Road Hornchurch RM11 3LB
Received 15 Mar 2017118 Whitchurch Road ROMFORD RM3 9AD
Received 13 Dec 20173 Station Approach UPMINSTER RM14 2TH
Received 28 Sept 20162 Mead Close, Swan Lake Gidea Park Romford, RM2 5NX
Received 18 Jan 201914 Freshfields Avenue Upminster RM14 2BZ
Received 20 May 20241 Caxton Way Romford RM1 4GS
Received 27 Jul 2018Records 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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