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.
707 approved · 3,418 refused · 971 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Laburnum Walk Hornchurch RM12 5RL
Received 28 Mar 202328 Clitheroe Road Romford RM5 2SL
Received 20 May 2019185 Parkside Avenue Romford RM1 4NL
Received 5 Nov 20151A The Sheilings Hornchurch RM11 2QD
Received 26 Apr 202389 - 101 New Road Rainham RM13 8ES
Received 24 Jul 20173 Marine Cottage, Wennington Road, Wennington Rainham RM13 9DY
Received 17 May 2023174 Ardleigh Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2SU
Received 7 Mar 20175A Essex Close Romford RM7 8BD
Received 2 Mar 2023207B Ardleigh Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2SD
Received 11 Jul 201938 Doncaster Way Upminster RM14 2PL
Received 5 Sept 202513 Victor Gardens HORNCHURCH RM12 4JB
Received 22 Nov 201637 Ayloffs Walk Hornchurch RM11 2RJ
Received 31 Mar 202634 Manor Road ROMFORD RM1 2RD
Received 19 Feb 20183 Elmer Avenue Havering-atte-Bower ROMFORD RM4 1PY
Received 11 Oct 2016264 London Road ROMFORD RM7 9NA
Received 17 Mar 201719 Spenser Crescent Upminster RM14 1AN
Received 25 Aug 202631 High Street HORNCHURCH RM11 1TP
Received 8 Aug 2017140-148 MRH Service Station Collier Row Collier Row Road ROMFORD RM5 2BB
Received 9 Mar 201743 & 45 Mildmay Road Romford RM7 7DA
Received 25 Jan 202488 Havering Road Romford RM1 4RA
Received 29 Oct 2025Newstead House Troopers Drive Romford RM3 9DQ
Received 11 Apr 201936 Coniston Way HORNCHURCH RM12 5EH
Received 30 Sept 201623 Mawney Close Romford Essex RM7 8EJ
Received 8 Sept 201716 Allandale Road Hornchurch RM11 7AP
Received 4 Jun 2018Records 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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