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.
662 approved · 3,352 refused · 925 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Lewis Road Hornchurch RM11 2AJ
Received 15 Jul 202415 Sudbury Close Romford RM3 9FL
Received 9 May 202310 Moorland Close Collier Row Romford RM5 2AB
Received 19 Sept 201866 Carter Drive Romford Essex RM5 2PJ
Received 3 Dec 2015Harold Park Service Station, Colchester Rd Romford RM3 0AG
Received 27 Feb 2026Land to the North of New Road New Road Rainham RM13 9PN
Received 25 Jul 201912 Bridport Avenue Romford RM7 9HP
Received 15 Jul 201916 Dartfields Romford RM3 8DA
Received 20 Jun 20198 Elm Walk Romford RM2 5NR
Received 17 Aug 2019W R Bird, 1 Station Parade Hornchurch RM12 5AB
Received 5 Jun 202475 Redriff Road Romford RM7 8HD
Received 23 Jul 201840 Hall Lane Upminster RM14 1AF
Received 8 May 20176 Melville Road Romford RM5 2AJ
Received 22 May 20195 Cowley Road Romford . . RM3 ET
Received 29 Mar 2018140-148 Collier Row Road Romford RM5 2BD
Received 25 Jun 20245 Fordyce Close Hornchurch RM11 3LE
Received 16 Dec 2024White Bungalow Southend Arterial Road Hornchurch RM11 3UJ
Received 27 Sept 2022The Haven Warley Road Upminster RM14 1TR
Received 13 Nov 201769 Saunton Road Hornchurch Essex RM12 4HQ
Received 19 Jul 201642 Osborne Road Hornchurch RM11 1HA
Received 19 Jun 2026HARRIS ACADEMY RAINHAM SCHOOL LAMBS LANE SOUTH RAINHAM RM13 9XD
Received 22 Sept 202350 Elm Road Romford RM7 8HH
Received 27 Sept 201941 Manor Road Romford RM1 2RD
Received 5 Nov 201512 Ardleigh Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2LW
Received 5 Jul 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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