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.
608 approved · 3,291 refused · 881 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Norfolk Road Upminster RM14 2RE
Received 11 Jan 20175 Fairlawns Close Hornchurch RM11 3NL
Received 31 Mar 201613 Grimstone Close Romford RM5 2PT
Received 12 Apr 201911 Sylvan Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2PL
Received 26 Jul 201997 Upminster Road Hornchurch RM11 3XB
Received 7 Dec 2015248 Elm Park Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4PQ
Received 9 Mar 202638 & 40 Allandale Road Hornchurch RM11 1AP
Received 15 May 2025206 Lyndhurst Drive Hornchurch RM11 1JW
Received 29 Dec 202295 Wennington Road Rainham RM13 9TH
Received 16 Jul 2026Hall Lane Miniature Golf Course Hall Lane Upminster RM14 1BS
Received 14 Dec 202225 Redriff Road Romford RM7 8HD
Received 19 Jun 201812 Lynwood Drive Romford RM5 2RA
Received 31 Oct 2018185 CARTER DRIVE ROMFORD RM5 2UR
Received 30 Sept 201965 Mashiters Walk Romford RM1 4BP
Received 19 Apr 201772 Heather Way ROMFORD RM1 4TA
Received 22 Sept 201780 Rosslyn Avenue ROMFORD RM3 0DJ
Received 26 Oct 201661 Cornell Way Romford RM5 2HW
Received 1 Oct 201854 Cherry Tree Lane Rainham RM13 8TP
Received 8 Nov 2017The Lodge Care Home Lodge Lane Romford RM5 2ES
Received 27 Aug 201956 Parkway, Gidea Park Romford RM2 5PA
Received 27 Jan 201620 Parsonage Road Rainham RM13 9LW
Received 10 Jul 202555a Marshalls Drive Romford
Received 5 Apr 20162 Elm Grove Hornchurch RM11 3UA
Received 19 Jun 2018158 Crow Lane ROMFORD RM7 0ES
Received 6 Apr 2017Records 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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