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.
612 approved · 3,297 refused · 886 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
280 Main Road Gidea Park Romford Essex RM2 6LU
Received 24 Oct 201715 Wainfleet Avenue ROMFORD RM5 3BX
Received 7 Mar 20179 Maylands Way ROMFORD RM3 0BG
Received 31 Jan 2018Hall Mead School Marlborough Gardens Upminster RM14 1SF
Received 28 Feb 2019167 Lynton Avenue Romford RM7 8NA
Received 4 Feb 202642 Walmer Close Romford RM7 8QJ
Received 25 May 2016213 Main Road ROMFORD RM2 6NP
Received 23 Oct 201775 GAYNES PARK ROAD UPMINSTER RM14 2HP
Received 21 Apr 202628 Riversdale Road Collier Row RM5 2NP
Received 22 Oct 2015King George Close Romford RM7 7PN
Received 4 Mar 201915 ROWAN WALK HORNCHURCH RM11 2JA
Received 12 Feb 201836 Mawney Road ROMFORD RM7 7HR
Received 29 Nov 201711 DORKING ROAD ROMFORD RM3 9AE
Received 1 Aug 201726 Squirrels Heath Avenue Romford Essex RM2 6AH
Received 27 Apr 201783 Curtis Road Hornchurch RM11 3NS
Received 24 Nov 201513 East Close Rainham RM13 9AJ
Received 16 Oct 202364 EASTERN ROAD ROMFORD RM1 3QA
Received 16 Jul 20265 STANDEN AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM12 6AA
Received 12 Mar 201862 Heath Drive Romford RM2 5QR
Received 16 Jan 202321 Maybank Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5SB
Received 3 Jul 2025Land Adjacent to No 2 Strathmore Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4BS
Received 30 Oct 20238 Lodge Lane Romford RM5 2EJ
Received 10 Jan 20193 PALM ROAD ROMFORD RM7 7AP
Received 4 Nov 20242 Stanley Close Romford RM2 5DP
Received 21 May 2019Records 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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