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.
688 approved · 3,387 refused · 951 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Slewins Close Hornchurch RM11 2DE
Received 5 Nov 202563 Wantz Lane Rainham RM13 9LZ
Received 15 May 2024111 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LP
Received 22 Feb 201661 Newtons Close Rainham RM13 7AX
Received 1 Jun 20265 Eastwood Drive Rainham RM13 9HG
Received 17 Sept 2018St Edwards Primary School Havering Drive Romford RM1 4BL
Received 13 Jul 202372 North Street Hornchurch RM11 1SR
Received 23 Jan 2019Crown House 40 North Street Essex RM11 1EW
Received 8 Jun 201897 Fairholme Avenue Romford RM2 5UR
Received 25 Oct 202321 New Place Gardens Upminster RM14 3DG
Received 19 Feb 202414 Melksham Gardens Romford RM3 8QS
Received 23 May 20197 Hubert Road Rainham RM13 8AB
Received 16 Dec 202336 Princes Park Rainham RM13 7EA
Received 9 Apr 201910 Guysfield Close Rainham RM13 7AP
Received 30 Oct 2015129 Stanley Avenue Romford RM2 5DB
Received 1 Dec 202380 Eastern Road Romford RM1 3QA
Received 11 Jun 201824 Clitheroe Road Romford RM5 2ST
Received 27 Oct 201712 Warwick Gardens Romford RM2 6QS
Received 7 Jun 20242 Lodge Lane Romford RM5 2EJ
Received 6 Nov 202461 Sycamore Avenue Upminster RM14 2HS
Received 2 Jul 2019O/S 125 South Street Romford RM1 1NX
Received 12 Sept 202389 Kenilworth Gardens HORNCHURCH RM12 4SG
Received 14 Jul 201654 The Grove Upminster RM14 2ET
Received 29 Apr 2019105 Cherry Tree Lane Rainham RM13 8TT
Received 10 Jan 2023Records 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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