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605 approved · 3,277 refused · 874 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Newmarket Way Hornchurch RM12 6DR
Received 23 Dec 202478 Squirrels Heath Road Romford RM3 0LT
Received 13 Aug 202425 Squirrels Heath Road Romford RM3 0LH
Received 16 Jun 2025205 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4DX
Received 3 Jul 202373 CALBOURNE AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM12 5BH
Received 20 Feb 202473 Carlisle Road Romford RM1 2QL
Received 10 Feb 20263-11 Mint House, Grenfell Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4DN
Received 5 Jul 202424 Severn Drive UPMINSTER RM14 1SW
Received 2 Nov 2018155A Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3AR
Received 6 Nov 202435 Grosvenor Gardens Upminster RM14 1DL
Received 18 Jul 2023Land at Priory Road Harold Hill Romford RM3 9AP
Received 23 Jan 202432a Rockingham Avenue Hornchurch RM11 1HH
Received 1 Nov 201670 Castellan Avenue Romford RM2 6EJ
Received 13 Mar 2023Former Harold Wood Hospital Gubbins Lane Harold Wood RM3 0BE
Received 7 Sept 2016Veolia Landfill Coldharbour Lane Rainham RM13 9YB
Received 21 Sept 201822 Weald Way Romford RM7 9PD
Received 25 Jun 202430 Hall Lane Upminster RM14 1AF
Received 14 Sept 201820 Park End Road ROMFORD RM1 4AU
Received 12 Dec 2016Rodwell House 199-209 Hornchurch Road Hornchurch RM12 4TJ
Received 28 Apr 2017E P F Emerys Poultry Farm Tomkyns Lane Upminster RM14 1TP
Received 24 May 20176 Urban Avenue Hornchurch Essex RM12 4NU
Received 30 Aug 201937 Nelmes Crescent Hornchurch RM11 2PX
Received 15 May 20193 Barleycorn Way Hornchurch RM11 3JJ
Received 9 Feb 2023123 Alma Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6BS
Received 21 Feb 2024Records 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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