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663 approved · 3,354 refused · 928 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Acacia Gardens Upminster RM14 1HT
Received 14 Jan 2016154 Hainault Road Romford RM5 3AP
Received 14 May 201810 Eversleigh Gardens Upminster RM14 1DR
Received 4 Mar 2024102 - 124 Sackville Crescent Romford RM3 0ED
Received 3 Nov 20155 Rockingham Avenue Hornchurch RM11 1HH
Received 8 May 2018Mead Primary School Amersham Road ROMFORD RM3 9JD
Received 23 May 201671 Cambridge Avenue Romford RM2 6QX
Received 2 Jun 2026226-232 Main Road Romford RM2 5HA
Received 10 Nov 201628 Parkstone Avenue HORNCHURCH RM11 3LU
Received 13 Oct 201725 King Edward Avenue Rainham RM13 9RH
Received 13 Mar 2026Grass verge adjacent to the junction of Lawrence Road and Brentwood Road Hornchurch RM22 5SS
Received 6 Nov 202510 Elder Way Rainham RM13 9SX
Received 4 Dec 201587 Riversdale Road Collier Row Romford RM5 2NR
Received 26 Aug 2016360 STRAIGHT ROAD ROMFORD RM3 7QD
Received 11 Dec 202327 Burwood Gardens (Land Adj) Rainham RM13 8JS
Received 5 May 2015213 Main Road Romford RM2 6NP
Received 16 Jul 201830 Bell House Road Romford RM7 0LS
Received 10 Dec 2025Alton House 22 Sunrise Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4YS
Received 22 Nov 202362 Gaynes Park Road Upminster RM14 2HU
Received 7 Sept 202614 Campbell Close Romford RM1 4SA
Received 31 Jul 2026Havering College of Further and Higher Education Tring Gardens Romford RM3 9ES
Received 12 Feb 20262 Minster Way HORNCHURCH RM11 3TH
Received 22 Sept 201622 Dagenham Road Romford RM7 0BQ
Received 7 Aug 2018Cambridge Avenue Sidings Gidea Park
Received 18 Jun 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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