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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.
495 approved · 2,804 refused · 693 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beam Park Former Ford Assembly Plant Site New Road (A1306) Rainham
Received 26 Jul 2017131 Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2SB
Received 1 Oct 2018Harold Park Service Station, Colchester Road Romford RM3 0AG
Received 16 Feb 202650 Sycamore Avenue UPMINSTER RM14 2HS
Received 7 Jun 201720 Elms Farm Road Hornchurch RM12 5RD
Received 6 Dec 20241-24 Neale Court Upminster Road Upminster RM11 3XP
Received 9 Oct 2023181 Lyndhurst Drive HORNCHURCH RM11 1JN
Received 16 Jan 201722 Amersham Road Romford RM3 9JJ
Received 14 Sept 201776 CHEVINGTON WAY HORNCHURCH RM12 6RW
Received 3 Jul 201732 Bower Close Romford RM5 3SR
Received 15 Feb 2023Rush Green Training Ground, Rush Green Road Romford RM7 0LU
Received 16 Jul 2024Land off Nelmes Way Ardleigh Green Hornchurch RM11 2LL
Received 25 Mar 2026Old Print House 198 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2NX
Received 19 Feb 2026153 Southend Arterial Road Hornchurch RM11 2SF
Received 24 May 2019119 London Road Romford RM7 9QD
Received 20 Aug 20192 Gray Gardens Rainham RM13 7NH
Received 17 Sept 201812 Dawson Drive Rainham RM13 7ED
Received 9 Mar 2026264 Elm Park Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4PQ
Received 31 May 202456 Askwith Road Rainham RM13 8ER
Received 3 Oct 202233 Holland Close Romford RM7 7RN
Received 6 Mar 202353 Elm Park Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4SP
Received 2 Oct 202319 Gilders Drive Hornchurch RM12 6EG
Received 23 Jan 202315 The Drive Harold Wood Romford RM3 0DU
Received 18 Sept 2025Knightswood Place (formerly Dovers Corner Industrial Estate) New Road RM13 8QT
Received 12 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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