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.
636 approved · 3,321 refused · 908 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
14 Nelwyn Avenue HORNCHURCH RM11 2PZ
Received 24 Feb 201786 Suttons Lane Hornchurch RM12 6RR
Received 16 Oct 202443 Dunton Road Romford RM1 4AD
Received 16 Jun 202557 Brookdale Avenue Upminster RM14 2LT
Received 28 Jan 201625 Ashmour Gardens Romford RM1 4RH
Received 23 Sept 2019133 Laburnum Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4HF
Received 29 Sept 202518 Ravenscourt Drive Hornchurch RM12 6HL
Received 16 Dec 20162A Deyncourt Gardens Upminster RM14 1DE
Received 2 Feb 20168 Alexandra Road RAINHAM RM13 7AA
Received 28 Jul 201617 Johns Terrace Colchester Road ROMFORD RM3 0AW
Received 14 Dec 2016183 Clockhouse Lane Romford RM5 2TL
Received 18 Dec 201856 Parkway Romford RM2 5PA
Received 8 Dec 20158 Fordyce Close Hornchurch RM11 3LE
Received 16 Oct 202620 Park End Road Romford RM1 4AU
Received 8 Nov 2018269 SOUTH STREET ( R/O ) ROMFORD RM1 2BE
Received 1 Mar 201945 Redriff Road Romford RM7 8HD
Received 16 Jul 202421 Cedar Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 3DL
Received 10 Feb 2018Viking Way Land Viking Way Rainham RM13 9YT
Received 6 Aug 2025104 BARNSTAPLE ROAD ROMFORD RM3 7TH
Received 28 Feb 201917 South Street Rainham RM13 8PJ
Received 24 Jun 2019204 Faringdon Avenue Romford RM3 8JT
Received 10 Jul 20254 Highview Gardens Upminster RM14 2YY
Received 24 Jun 201917 Princes Park Rainham RM13 7EA
Received 3 Apr 202420 Brunel Close Romford RM1 4GR
Received 4 Apr 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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