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.
642 approved · 3,334 refused · 909 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Feb 2006 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Farm Road RAINHAM RM13 9JU
Received 13 Oct 201629 Edison Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 4DZ
Received 16 Jan 201718 Ferndown Hornchurch RM11 3JL
Received 15 Mar 2016112 Essex Road Mawneys RM7 8AX
Received 8 Sept 2017112 Wennington Road RAINHAM RM13 9DE
Received 18 May 201662 Marshalls Drive Romford RM1 4JT
Received 2 Feb 202620 Derby Avenue Upminster RM14 2NR
Received 21 Aug 201816 Hall Terrace, Colchester Road Romford RM3 0XR
Received 9 Dec 20241 Cowper Road Rainham RM13 9TT
Received 20 Sept 20244 Kempton Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6ED
Received 5 Oct 2018132 Rush Green Road Romford RM7 0QA
Received 21 Dec 201623 Cornwall Close HORNCHURCH RM11 3HA
Received 6 Oct 2017112 Willow Street ROMFORD RM7 7JH
Received 30 Jun 201710 Squirrels Heath Avenue Gidea Park Romford
Received 5 Sept 201619 Cranham Gardens Upminster RM14 1JG
Received 11 Jun 201855 Ingreway Romford RM3 0BN
Received 25 Sept 2018284 Southend Arterial Road HORNCHURCH RM11 2SG
Received 1 Feb 201735 Oakley Drive ROMFORD RM3 9XS
Received 25 Jan 201834 Manor Road ROMFORD RM1 2RD
Received 23 Oct 201717-17A Cherry Tree Lane Rainham RM13 8TH
Received 25 Sept 2025Sacred Heart Of Mary R C School St Marys Lane Upminster RM14 2QR
Received 3 May 201929 Rosebank Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5QX
Received 15 Apr 202475 North Street Hornchurch RM11 1ST
Received 12 Oct 2018100 Sackville Crescent ROMFORD RM3 0ED
Received 18 Jul 2016Records 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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