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649 approved · 3,336 refused · 909 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
22 Engayne Gardens Upminster RM14 1UZ
Received 3 Oct 2025119 Rush Green Road ROMFORD RM7 0PU
Received 16 Oct 201736 Leamington Road Romford RM3 9TS
Received 25 May 201766 Kenilworth Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4SF
Received 30 Nov 2017House to the rear of 5 Heath Drive Romford RM2 5QB
Received 28 Mar 201942 Glebe Road Raiham RM13 9LH
Received 19 Sept 20196 Mawney Close Romford RM7 8EJ
Received 12 Jul 2018Telephone Exchange St Marys Lane Upminster RM14 3HL
Received 31 Oct 2023361B Front Lane Upminster RM14 1LW
Received 18 Jul 202335 Stanley Road North Rainham RM13 8AX
Received 27 Oct 2022Land at Wennington Rainham
Received 14 Dec 2017Creek Way, Vacant land adjacent to Rainham RM13
Received 11 Oct 201730 Essex Road Romford RM7 8BE
Received 11 Apr 202362 Lake Rise Romford RM1 4EE
Received 1 Mar 2019154 Balgores Lane ROMFORD RM2 6BP
Received 17 Jun 201664 South Street ROMFORD RM1 1RB
Received 4 Aug 201730 Chestnut Glen Hornchurch RM12 4HL
Received 30 Oct 20183 Retford Close Romford RM3 9NA
Received 25 Jan 201638 NEWBURY GARDENS UPMINSTER RM14 2PJ
Received 16 Jul 202617-19 Clockhouse Lane ROMFORD RM5 3PH
Received 30 Oct 201635 Primrose Glen Hornchurch RM11 2NL
Received 10 Oct 2018317 Brentwood Road Romford RM2 5SX
Received 28 Nov 202248 Waycross Road (substation site adjoining) Upminster
Received 8 Aug 2016Upweys, Fen Lane, North Ockendon Upminster RM14 3PR
Received 2 Nov 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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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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