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.
685 approved · 3,387 refused · 948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Cedar Avenue Upminster RM14 2LN
Received 15 May 202474-76 Market Place Romford RM1 3ER
Received 25 Aug 202314 Brookdale Avenue Upminster RM14 2LS
Received 3 Aug 201515 St Andrews Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5DS
Received 23 May 2016Unit 8 8 Marsh Way Rainham Rainham RM13 8UH
Received 5 Jul 201673 Avon Road Upminster RM14 1RF
Received 25 Feb 2016Land between 43 and 45 Squirrels Heath Lane (known as Fierce Lash Company) Romford RM2 6DP
Received 25 Feb 201916 WOBURN AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM12 4NG
Received 12 Apr 20249 Southdown Road Hornchurch RM11 1LY
Received 29 May 201810 Royston Road Romford RM3 0SR
Received 19 Oct 201817 Reed Pond Walk Romford
Received 8 May 2017594 Upper Brentwood Road Romford RM2 6HS
Received 6 Mar 201720 Ewan Road Harold Wood ROMFORD RM3 0WW
Received 30 May 201768 Westmoreland Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2EF
Received 3 Apr 201715 Eldred Gardens Upminster RM14 1SL
Received 26 Apr 2019127 Briscoe Road Rainham RM13 9QQ
Received 29 Apr 20194 Blenheim Close Upminster RM14 1SH
Received 27 Aug 201510 King Alfred Road Romford RM3 0QL
Received 20 Feb 202613 Ravenscourt Grove Hornchurch RM12 6HS
Received 14 Sept 20238 Park Boulevard ROMFORD RM2 5RB
Received 24 Feb 201752 Ingrebourne Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 1BN
Received 9 Dec 201652 Standen Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6AD
Received 13 Jan 201744 Linden Street Romford RM7 7DP
Received 9 Apr 201825 Farnes Drive Romford RM2 2NS
Received 26 Oct 2016Records 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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