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.
666 approved · 3,366 refused · 933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Junction Road ROMFORD RM1 3QR
Received 13 Mar 201817 Broadway Romford RM2 5NS
Received 16 Oct 202322 Clyde Crescent Upminster RM14 1SU
Received 22 Apr 201651 Rockingham Avenue Hornchurch RM11 1HH
Received 3 Apr 2018123 Springfield Gardens Upminster RM14 3ET
Received 26 May 20261 Macon Way Upminster RM14 1NX
Received 16 May 2024180 Wennington Road Rainham RM13 9DG
Received 18 Jul 201932 South End Road Rainham RM13 7XH
Received 30 Apr 20245 Mygrove Gardens Rainham RM13 9QT
Received 13 Oct 202549 Crystal Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6SJ
Received 24 Oct 20252 Frederick Road Rainham RM13 8NT
Received 12 Jul 201851 Avon Road Upminster RM14 1RE
Received 8 Feb 201920 CONISTON AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 3XR
Received 16 Mar 202325 Priory Grove Romford RM3 9AS
Received 1 Jul 2025125 Straight Road Romford RM3 7JD
Received 20 Feb 202382 Princes Road Romford RM1 2SP
Received 23 Sept 201914 Tudor Gardens Upminster RM14 3DE
Received 18 Oct 201811 Edison Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 4DY
Received 20 Oct 2016Rush Green Training Ground, Rush Green Road Romford RM7 0LU
Received 12 Mar 202424 Vine Street Romford RM7 7LH
Received 20 Jan 202654 Arundel Road Romford RM3 0RT
Received 29 Nov 2018Opposite Gallows Corner Retail Park Colchester Road RM3 8HQ
Received 24 Apr 2026243 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3BL
Received 3 Oct 202244 High Street Hornchurch RM12 4UN
Received 5 May 2026Records 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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