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.
614 approved · 3,302 refused · 886 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
134 Belgrave Avenue Romford RM2 6PS
Received 15 Oct 20184 Radwin Close Romford RM5 3AG
Received 27 Jun 2019155 Hall Lane Upminster RM14 1AX
Received 14 Mar 201622 Spencer Road Rainham RM13 8HB
Received 2 Aug 202324 Queens Gardens Upminster Essex RM14 1NG
Received 21 Jul 201725 Oxford Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3ES
Received 5 Jun 202652 Mashiters Walk Romford RM1 4BX
Received 2 May 2018Stubbers Park Ockendon Road Upminster RM14 2TY
Received 24 Sept 201936 Oak Street Romford RM7 7BA
Received 22 Mar 202323 Harwood Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2NR
Received 11 Sept 2025103 Benets Road Hornchurch RM11 3PT
Received 26 Jan 20238 Little Gaynes Lane Upminster RM14 2JP
Received 4 Jul 201619 The Rodings Upminster RM14 1RL
Received 13 Jun 2018Fledglings Day Nursery Brights Avenue Rainham RM13 9NN
Received 7 Oct 202510 Heath Park Road Romford RM2 5UB
Received 26 Jun 202648 Ingrebourne Road Rainham RM13 9AL
Received 22 May 20191 Burwood Gardens Rainham RM13 8JS
Received 25 Jan 2017213 Main Road Romford RM2 6NP
Received 2 May 2018378 Mawney Road ROMFORD RM7 8QP
Received 26 Sept 201617 Fox Close Romford RM5 2LL
Received 22 Feb 201630 Parkway Romford RM2 5NT
Received 22 Apr 2024Petrol Filling Station Corner Of North Street Billet Lane Hornchurch RM11 1XA
Received 10 Oct 202295 RANDALL DRIVE HORNCHURCH RM12 6TA
Received 19 Jan 2018Land bound by Waterloo Road to the east; the Great Eastern M Cotleigh Road to the west; and London Road to the north Romford
Received 9 Dec 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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