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.
602 approved · 3,271 refused · 873 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Feb 2006 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Hamilton Avenue Romford
Received 30 Nov 20153 Magnum Close Rainham RM13 9PU
Received 21 Dec 201564 Heath Drive Romford RM2 5QR
Received 24 Nov 20256 Cedar Gardens Upminster RM14 3DL
Received 13 May 2019Tesco Stores Ltd Bridge Road RAINHAM RM13 9YZ
Received 22 Feb 201716 Priory Road Romford RM3 9AT
Received 13 Sept 20244 Walden Road HORNCHURCH RM11 2JT
Received 7 Mar 20174 Highfield Road Romford RM5 3RA
Received 15 Sept 202541 Manston Way Hornchurch RM12 5PB
Received 9 Jan 201711 Wilton Drive Romford RM5 3TJ
Received 29 Mar 2018140-148 Collier Row Road Romford RM5 2BD
Received 4 Oct 202248 COLLIER ROW LANE ROMFORD RM5 3BE
Received 2 Jan 202445 Squirrels Heath Lane Romford RM2 6DP
Received 4 Mar 2026North Lodge Home Farm Havering-atte-Bower Romford RM4 1QB
Received 4 May 2018St Edward The Confessor Presbytery & Church 5 Park End Road Romford RM1 4AT
Received 28 Jan 201623 Heather Drive Romford Essex RM1 4SP
Received 22 May 20192 Kent Drive Hornchurch RM12 6TB
Received 22 Jul 201622 Lime Avenue Upminster RM14 2HY
Received 16 Apr 20241 Belmont Avenue UPMINSTER RM14 2RR
Received 13 Mar 2018139 Havering Road Romford RM1 4RD
Received 30 Jun 202310 Crystal Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6AB
Received 3 Jan 201781 Lowshoe Lane Romford RM5 2AS
Received 14 Jul 201765 Grove Park Road RAINHAM RM13 7DA
Received 19 Apr 2017Land rear of 18-28 Prospect Road Hornchurch RM11 3TZ
Received 9 Feb 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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