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.
649 approved · 3,336 refused · 909 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Hornford Way Romford RM7 0PR
Received 30 Nov 202317 Belmont Road Hornchurch RM12 4NT
Received 20 Aug 20257 Latham Place(Opposite) Upminster RM14 1DU
Received 5 Jun 2017246A Main Road Romford RM2 5EU
Received 21 Nov 2025Plot 10/11, Beam Reach Business Park Consul Avenue RAINHAM RM13 8GJ
Received 2 Jan 201834 New Place Gardens Upminster RM14 3DQ
Received 3 Jul 202515 Brook Road Romford RM2 5QS
Received 24 Feb 201624 Patricia Drive Hornchurch RM11 3RU
Received 16 Nov 202290 Ravenscourt Drive Hornchurch RM12 6HL
Received 31 Mar 2016Nursery, Lower Bedfords Road Romford RM1 4DQ
Received 10 Jul 2026Former Rainham library; offices at 21 Broadway and land to the rear of 25 and 29 Broadway Rainham RM13 9YW
Received 17 Jan 201723A Hall Lane Upminster RM14 1AF
Received 2 Jun 202631 Wells Gardens Rainham RM13 7LU
Received 1 Jul 202622A The Broadway Hornchurch RM12 4RW
Received 31 May 201887 Crossways Romford RM2 6AS
Received 13 Jul 202465 ALDBOROUGH ROAD UPMINSTER RM14 2RS
Received 1 Mar 202321-23 South Street Romford RM1 1NJ
Received 18 Feb 20193 Maybush Road Hornchurch RM11 3LB
Received 26 Oct 20185 Market Place Romford RM1 3AB
Received 14 Aug 202454 South Street Rainham RM13 8PJ
Received 9 Apr 202425 Cranston Park Avenue UPMINSTER RM14 3UT
Received 18 Jul 2017343 ST MARYS LANE UPMINSTER RM14 3HP
Received 14 May 202419 Mashiters Walk Romford RM1 4DA
Received 20 Jun 2019Reed House Moor Lane Upminster RM14 1EB
Received 27 Dec 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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