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.
605 approved · 3,275 refused · 873 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
503 South End Road HORNCHURCH RM12 5NX
Received 1 Feb 201750 Rainsford Way Hornchurch RM12 4BJ
Received 25 May 20225 Ridgewell Grove Hornchurch RM12 5AG
Received 10 Dec 201831 Elmhurst Drive Hornchurch RM11 1NY
Received 31 May 201836 New Place Gardens Upminster RM14 3DQ
Received 26 Jan 202645 Louise Gardens Rainham RM13 8LH
Received 2 Feb 20231 Lynwood Drive Romford RM5 2RB
Received 5 Dec 201825 Lodge Lane Romford RM5 2LJ
Received 28 Nov 20186 Heaton Grange Road Romford RM2 5PP
Received 16 Nov 2023120 Lower Mardyke Avenue Rainham RM13 8PR
Received 13 Sept 20234 South Drive Gidea Park Romford
Received 8 Jun 2016168 Mawney Road Romford RM7 8BU
Received 12 Oct 2018129 Oldchurch Road Romford RM7 0BD
Received 18 Jul 2025104 Grange Road Romford RM3 7EA
Received 18 Jan 2017344 Eastern Avenue East Romford RM2 5RA
Received 7 Oct 201566 Little Gaynes Lane UPMINSTER RM14 2JD
Received 9 Dec 20163 Cedar Avenue Upminster RM14 2LN
Received 18 Sept 2025W R Bird, 1 Station Parade, Elm Park Hornchurch RM12 5AB
Received 13 Aug 2024183 Cherry Tree Lane Rainham RM13 8TU
Received 16 Jul 2019168 Station Lane Hornchurch RM12 6LS
Received 22 Jun 2023New City College, Ardleigh Green Campus Off Garland Way Hornchurch RM11 2LL
Received 25 Aug 202315 Homeway Romford RM3 0HD
Received 11 Sept 20231 Browne Close (land Adj) Collier Row RM5 2HD
Received 14 Aug 20197 Regency Gardens HORNCHURCH RM11 1PP
Received 14 Jun 2016Records 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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