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.
622 approved · 3,306 refused · 898 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Trent Avenue Upminster RM14 1QZ
Received 11 Mar 20168 Hall Terrace Colchester Road ROMFORD RM3 0XR
Received 29 Jul 201665 Gorseway Romford RM7 0RR
Received 14 Aug 2018116 Osborne Road Hornchurch RM11 1HF
Received 11 Sept 202514 Northwood Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4PX
Received 12 Sept 201610 Davies Close Rainham RM13 9LJ
Received 26 Feb 2026127 Abbs Cross Lane Hornchurch RM12 4XT
Received 21 Apr 2017160A-162A Hornchurch Road Hornchurch RM11 1QH
Received 25 Mar 20267 Boundary Road Romford RM1 2PX
Received 16 Aug 2018112 North Hill Drive ROMFORD RM3 9AW
Received 4 Oct 201771 Ardleigh Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2JZ
Received 7 Jul 20251 Broadway ROMFORD RM2 5NS
Received 8 May 201711 Amery Gardens ROMFORD RM2 6RX
Received 26 Jul 201738 Hyland Way Hornchurch RM11 1DW
Received 30 Nov 20151 Pinecroft Gidea Park Romford RM2 6DG
Received 22 Nov 201810 Cherry Walk Rainham RM13 7RA
Received 4 Jul 201917 The Ridgeway Gidea Park Romford RM2 5BU
Received 21 Nov 201862 Cowley Road Romford Essex RM3 7ET
Received 20 Mar 201753 Amery Gardens Romford RM2 6RX
Received 5 Mar 202493 North End Romford RM3 7TW
Received 18 Aug 201762 Main Road ROMFORD RM1 3DB
Received 8 Mar 20189 Warden Avenue Romford RM5 2SP
Received 21 Jul 20258 HILL COURT MAIN ROAD ROMFORD RM1 3DA
Received 4 Jul 2019162 Suttons Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4LY
Received 7 Feb 2023Records 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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