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.
698 approved · 3,393 refused · 951 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
Plot 24 and 26 Land off Ferry Lane Rainham London RM13 9BP
Received 22 Mar 2019213 - 221 North Street ROMFORD RM1 4QA
Received 15 Jun 201618 Front Lane UPMINSTER RM14 3YD
Received 4 Oct 201736 Laburnum Walk HORNCHURCH RM12 5RL
Received 23 May 2016Land to the rear of 99-103, Marlborough Road, Romford RM7 8AP
Received 25 Dec 202538 INGREBOURNE ROAD RAINHAM RM13 9AL
Received 31 May 20238 Finucane Gardens Rainham RM13 7QA
Received 1 Jul 2024116 Saunton Road HORNCHURCH RM12 4HB
Received 21 Dec 2017131 Harwood Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2NZ
Received 11 Jul 201856 Berwick Road (rear off) Rainham RM12 4TS
Received 17 May 2017Hylands Primary School Granger Way Romford RM1 2RU
Received 3 Mar 201621-22, The Green Rainham RM13 9DX
Received 5 Jun 2024St Edwards C Of E Comprehensive School London Road Romford RM7 9NX
Received 25 Oct 20225 Masefield Close Romford RM3 7PP
Received 21 Apr 2026Ridgemont Place Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LQ
Received 12 Jun 202417 Rayburn Road Hornchurch RM11 3AP
Received 19 Nov 202546 Fontayne Avenue Romford RM1 4NR
Received 26 Feb 20195 Marine Cottage, Wennington Road, Wennington Rainham RM13 9DY
Received 17 May 202312 The Chase Romford RM1 4BE
Received 13 Jun 20181 Roseacre Close Hornchurch RM11 3NJ
Received 15 Sept 202545 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4HH
Received 9 May 20197 Oxley Close Romford Essex RM2 6NX
Received 29 Jan 201937 Maylands Way ROMFORD RM3 0BQ
Received 21 Jun 201689 Crossways Romford RM2 6AS
Received 29 Jan 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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