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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Havering. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
612 approved · 3,299 refused · 886 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
169 to 187 High Street Hornchurch RM11 3XS
Received 15 Feb 202442 Fontayne Avenue Romford RM1 4NR
Received 23 Nov 201812 Harlow Road Rainham RM13 7UL
Received 27 Apr 2016Harwood Hall, Oakfield Montessori School Harwood Hall Lane Upminster RM14 2YG
Received 16 Aug 2018124 Eastern Avenue East Romford RM1 4DT
Received 14 Jun 2023268 Main Road Romford RM2 6LU
Received 4 Mar 2024BUILDING TO THE NORTH OF EXCEL HOUSE HORNMINSTER GLEN HORNCHURCH RM11 3XL
Received 7 Aug 202330 Birch Road ROMFORD RM7 8EP
Received 24 Jul 20174 Elm Grove Hornchurch Essex RM11 3UA
Received 21 May 201988 Guysfield Drive Rainham RM13 7AL
Received 25 Feb 201624 Northumberland Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2HL
Received 29 Mar 202325 Lyndhurst Drive Hornchurch RM11 1JL
Received 6 Oct 2015Outside 150 High Street Hornchurch RM12 6QX
Received 22 Jul 202428 Elm Grove Hornchurch RM11 2QX
Received 26 Nov 202417 Fitzillian Road Romford RM3 OQS
Received 24 Jul 201843 The Drive Collier Row Romford RM5 3TP
Received 8 Mar 2016Keswick Avenue Car Park, Keswick Avenue Hornchurch RM11 1XR
Received 2 Apr 2024290 Upminster Road North RAINHAM RM13 9JR
Received 4 Jul 2017Unit 2 Mick Fury House Lowen Road RAINHAM RM13 8QR
Received 12 Sept 2017197 Carter Drive Romford RM5 2UP
Received 26 Oct 201593 The Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 4JQ
Received 17 Jun 2016Herald Court 60 Gubbins Lane Romford RM3 0BL
Received 26 Jul 2023127 New Road Rainham RM13 8ES
Received 14 Jul 202326 Veny Crescent Hornchurch RM12 6TJ
Received 2 Jan 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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