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.
616 approved · 3,306 refused · 897 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Plot 10&11 Beam Reach 5 Business Park Consul Avenue
Received 8 Sept 2017Dovers Corner Industrial Estate New Road Rainham RM13 8QT
Received 15 Oct 20184 Romney Chase Emerson Park Hornchurch RM11 3BT
Received 13 Mar 201914 Tawny Avenue Upminster RM14 2EW
Received 27 Feb 20192 Leaf Hill Drive Romford RM3 7FA
Received 2 Apr 20246 Elm Road Romford RM7 8HH
Received 18 Jan 202311 SEYMER ROAD ROMFORD RM1 4LA
Received 9 Apr 201826 Herbert Road Hornchurch RM11 3LD
Received 14 May 201910 Eastern Avenue West Romford RM1 4QL
Received 9 May 2018189 Carter Drive Romford RM5 2UR
Received 20 Oct 201527-29 Scottish Mutual House North Street Hornchurch RM11 1RS
Received 25 May 202320 Dominion Drive Romford RM5 2QP
Received 7 Mar 2024276 Main Road Romford RM2 6LU
Received 17 Mar 202312 Priory Path Noak Hill Romford RM3 9AR
Received 7 Aug 20182 Norfolk Road UPMINSTER RM14 2RF
Received 9 Dec 201640 Elmer Gardens Rainham . . RM13 7Bs
Received 16 Jul 2018325 Hilldene Avenue Romford RM3 8DJ
Received 29 May 201911 Craven Gardens Harold Wood Romford RM3 0DF
Received 24 Feb 2023Land Adj to 6 Abbotts Court, Queens Park Road Romford RM3 0NX
Received 14 Nov 202370 SUNNYSIDE GARDENS UPMINSTER RM14 3DS
Received 8 May 201812 Willow Parade (land adj) Moor Lane Cranham RM14 1DZ
Received 29 Sept 201644 SUTTONS LANE HORNCHURCH RM12 6RP
Received 26 Apr 2023590 Upper Brentwood Road Romford RM2 6HU
Received 1 May 2024443 Upminster Road North Rainham RM13 9SB
Received 3 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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