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.
706 approved · 3,410 refused · 965 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Barleycorn Way Hornchurch RM11 3JJ
Received 27 Aug 20245 Lowlands Gardens Romford RM7 9NL
Received 24 Jul 2019184 New Road Rainham RM13 8RS
Received 15 Nov 202480 Paines Brook Way Romford RM3 9JS
Received 16 Nov 201520 WEALD WAY ROMFORD RM7 9PD
Received 24 Jul 2023Land at Roneo Corner, Junction of Rom Valley Way and Rush Gr London RM1 2BP
Received 20 Apr 2023213 - 221 North Street Romford RM1 4QA
Received 9 May 201611 PETERBOROUGH AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 3JP
Received 26 Jun 201756 DUNSTER CLOSE ROMFORD RM5 3AT
Received 15 Feb 20244 Cornflower Way Harold Wood RM3 0XY
Received 25 Apr 201749 Court Avenue Romford RM3 0XS
Received 17 Mar 202644 Kingsley Gardens Hornchurch RM11 2HZ
Received 26 Sept 2018150 Rainham Road Rainham RM13 7RH
Received 30 May 202540 Harrow Drive Hornchurch RM11 1NU
Received 5 Jul 2016Signature House 13 Station Road Gidea Park ROMFORD RM2 6BX
Received 28 Feb 2018Land to the North of New Road New Road Rainham RM13 9PN
Received 12 Dec 201838 Primrose Glen Hornchurch RM11 2NP
Received 4 May 20178 Northdown Road Hornchurch RM11 1NE
Received 1 Sept 20267 Woodfield Drive Gidea Park RM2 5DD
Received 21 Mar 20181 Goodrington Mews Hornchurch RM11 2FB
Received 21 Aug 2026Havering Court Nursing Home Havering Road Romford RM1 4YW
Received 24 Jan 2023Hall Mead School Marlborough Gardens Cranham Upminster RM14 1SF
Received 19 Jan 20177 Warwick Road Rainham RM13 9XU
Received 25 Jun 2024119 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2LX
Received 26 Sept 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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