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.
663 approved · 3,353 refused · 926 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Dominion Drive Romford RM5 2QS
Received 14 Feb 201712 Deveron Way Romford RM1 4UL
Received 25 Sept 2023175 Ardleigh Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2LF
Received 22 Jun 201876 Newbury Gardens Upminster RM14 2PA
Received 14 Oct 201513 Raphael Avenue Romford RM1 4EP
Received 27 Jan 20267 Ashlyn Grove Hornchurch RM11 2EG
Received 11 Aug 2025Plot 6, Beam Reach Business Park Consul Avenue RAINHAM RM13 8GJ
Received 2 Jan 201830 RETFORD ROAD ROMFORD RM3 9LX
Received 1 Sept 2026310 Main Road ROMFORD RM2 6PA
Received 8 Jun 2016Land Adj, 30-30C South Hall Drive Rainham RM13 9HS
Received 6 Feb 20175 Aerodrome Close Hornchurch RM12 6FB
Received 24 Dec 202413 The Woodfines Hornchurch RM11 3HR
Received 30 Dec 201836 DORIAN ROAD HORNCHURCH RM12 4AL
Received 7 Sept 2023114 Hornchurch Road Hornchurch RM11 1DL
Received 2 Oct 201713 Elm Grove Hornchurch RM11 2QY
Received 13 Feb 2019Rom Valley Gardens Rom Valley Way
Received 1 May 2026Creek Way Site adjacent to Creek Way Creek Way Newable Developments
Received 8 Aug 2018Former Clivedale & Essex Packaging Premises, Bryant Avenue, Romford, RM3 0AP
Received 10 Sept 201994 Bruce Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4HZ
Received 17 Nov 202328 Clitheroe Road ROMFORD RM5 2SL
Received 25 Oct 201727 Woodlands Road Romford RM1 4HD
Received 12 Jan 2026Chippenham Road Land bounded by Chippenham Road, Kings Lynn Drive, Darftiel Romford RM3 8HX
Received 9 Feb 202670 BIRKBECK ROAD ROMFORD RM7 0QP
Received 28 Aug 2015St Georges Hospital Suttons Lane Hornchurch RM12 6RS
Received 5 Apr 2018Records 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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