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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.
714 approved · 3,438 refused · 980 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
12 Dart Close Upminster RM14 1PR
Received 9 Jan 20192 Dewsbury Road ROMFORD RM3 8DW
Received 29 Jun 2017113 Cowper Road Rainham RM13 9TT
Received 15 Aug 2025Training Ground and Sports Stadium Rush Green Road Romford RM7 0LU
Received 13 Apr 2018154 Balgores Lane ROMFORD RM2 6BP
Received 13 Feb 201885 Plumpton Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6BB
Received 6 Nov 2025186 Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2RT
Received 19 Nov 201542 Hyland Close Hornchurch RM11 1DX
Received 17 Feb 202329 Station Road Harold Wood Romford RM3 0BP
Received 11 Sept 2024East Havering Data Centre Campus North of Corner Farm Cottage Fen Lane
Received 6 Mar 202433 Huntsmans Drive Upminster RM14 3YU
Received 20 Aug 2019The Round House Broxhill Road Havering-Atte-Bower
Received 1 May 2019268 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3BL
Received 4 Sept 202342 Eversleigh Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 1DR
Received 8 Nov 201626 Guysfield Close Rainham RM13 7AP
Received 30 Sept 20242 Meadway Romford RM2 5NU
Received 3 Aug 2023Royal Mail Corbets Tey Road Upminster Essex RM14 2AS
Received 6 Nov 201732 The Ridgeway Gidea Park ROMFORD RM2 5BT
Received 12 Oct 2016Premier Inn Rainham Premier Inn New Road Rainham RM13 9ED
Received 18 Aug 2022Damyns Hall Aerodrome Aveley Road Upminster Greater london RM14 2TN
Received 24 May 201644 Theydon Gardens Rainham RM13 7UX
Received 22 May 2023Land adj to Blue Boar Hall, Orange Tree Hill Romford RM4 1PJ
Received 9 Sept 202525 Belle Vue Road Collier Row ROMFORD RM5 3SB
Received 5 Apr 2016Blue Boar Hall Orange Tree Hill Havering-atte-Bower ROMFORD RM4 1PJ
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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