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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
Havering planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of London Borough of Havering. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Havering website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates27,806Searchable applications
455Recorded as pending
18%Approval rate · 4,715 approved or refused records
3,850Refused applications
865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Planning pre-application adviceArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanningvalidations@havering.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@havering.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas11 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1875.23
Proposed single storey rear extension and part first floor rear extension
11 Elmdene Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2QH
Received 19 Dec 2023 - ALL DECISIONS ISSUEDQ0108.18
Proposal for redevelopment of the site, to create rear three storey extension, to accommodate 8 self contained flats P1669.14 Conditions(s) Condition 15 - Contaminated Land. This is a follow up application to an earlier discharge of condition application no. Q0042.18 that was partly discharged and asked for a remediation scheme to be submitted.
68 Station Road UPMINSTER RM14 2TD
Received 4 May 2018 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0638.23
Annex/outhouse extension and increase in ridge height, increase in ridge height with roof enlargement to dwelling to create first floor accommodation with single and two storey front and rear extensions, front, side and rear dormer windows, roof lights and external alterations
Glenwood, Benskins Lane, Noak Hill Romford RM4 1LB
Received 21 Apr 2023 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1615.14
External ATM to be relocated. Ducting on flat roof to be removed and made safe and existing condenser units to placed inside cages.
173 High Street (HSBC) Hornchurch RM11 3YS
Received 3 Dec 2014 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0215.14
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed single storey rear extension.
163 Roseberry Gardens Upminster
Received 13 Oct 2014 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0931.16
Single Storey Rear Extension
54 Kingshill Avenue ROMFORD RM5 2SB
Received 6 Jun 2016 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1090.25
Continued use of premises as a place of worship and assembly/community use (Use Class F1/F2)
9 Bridge Close Romford RM7 0AU
Received 19 Aug 2025 - Tree Work Part App Conditions/ReasonsT0132.16
To crown reduce and thin by maximum allowable, removing dead wood and epicormic growth from the trunk and its base.
Nelmes United Reformed Church Nelmes URC Nelmes Road RM11 3JA
Received 22 Sept 2016 - Pr App Refused Conditions/ReasonsY0211.17
Single storey rear extension with an overall depth of 6.0 metres, a maximum height of 3.0 metres, and an eaves height of 3.0 metres.(PRIOR APPROVAL)
22 Norwood Avenue Romford RM7 0QH
Received 6 Jun 2017 - UndecidedP0544.26
Reconstruction of existing garage and shed in the rear garden
25 Upland Court Road Romford RM3 0TT
Received 29 Apr 2026 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsA0021.23
The display of 3 x non-illuminated aluminium fascia signs
Stafford Industrial Estate, Hillman Close Hornchurch RM11 2SJ
Received 16 May 2023 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0917.26
Variation of Condition No.4 (approved accommodation) of planning permission ref: P0559.26 dated 30/06/2026 to permit a change of wording from "Teachers" to "Educational staff only". (Erection of a two storey 6-bed detached dwelling, to provide teachers accommodation with associated parking and amenities)
Marshalls Park School, Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4EH
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1940.17
Proposed conversion of existing conservatory to single storey extension with brickwall build up and flat roof
8 Heaton Way ROMFORD RM3 7HA
Received 27 Nov 2017 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1670.17
Two storey, part single storey and part first floor side extensions.
23 STANLEY CLOSE ROMFORD RM2 5DP
Received 11 Oct 2017 - Pr App Not Req'dY0166.23
Single storey rear extension with an overall depth of 4.40m, a maximum height of 2.80m, and an eaves height of 2.80m. (PRIOR APPROVAL)
45 Melton Gardens Romford RM1 2AS
Received 21 Jun 2023 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1686.22
Replacement of original Doors and windows with new UPVC double glazing and composite doors to match the rest of the terrace.
240 Hornchurch Road Hornchurch RM11 1QB
Received 14 Oct 2022 - DOC Discharge FULLQ0031.19
Discharge of conditions 53(Sustainable Urban Drainage) and 54 (Drainage Strategy) pursuant to application P1242.17 dated 07/02/2019.
Phase 1 Beam Park Land South of New Road (A1306) New Road LB Havering
Received 12 Feb 2019 - Refuse (Appealed) Conditions/ReasonsP1564.17
Loft Conversion to existing dwelling comprising of dormer window to rear and velux windows to front.
14 Barnsley Road ROMFORD RM3 9LP
Received 22 Sept 2017 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0072.24
Replacement of existing flat roof to first floor side/rear with new tiled pitched roof
48 Park Drive Upminster RM14 3AR
Received 15 Jan 2024 - WithdrawnA0084.15
Installation of one internally illuminated sequential advertisement supported by a Willmotte Leg
Mercury Gardens nth of Railway Bridge (land at) Romford RM1 3PB
Received 16 Nov 2015 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1701.24
Change of use from C3 single residential dwelling to C2 childrens care home for up to 3 children and 5 staff members
135 Station Lane Hornchurch RM12 6LJ
Received 30 Dec 2024 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0501.17
Certificate of Lawfulness for an erection of outbuilding incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling house and front entrance porch
21 Ramsden Drive ROMFORD RM5 2NL
Received 13 Dec 2017 - Approve no cons Conditions/ReasonsP1083.15
Removal of condition 1 of planning permission P0152.14 to enable drive thru trading 24 hrs - 7 days a week to be made permanent
McDonalds Restaurants Ltd Bryant Avenue Romford RM3 0AP
Received 23 Jul 2015 - UndecidedD0358.26
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed loft conversion with rear dormer and front skylights
64 Heath Park Road Romford RM2 5XA
Received 7 Sept 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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