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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.
716 approved · 3,438 refused · 980 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Feb 2006 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
37 Wennington Road Rainham RM13 9TH
Received 21 Aug 2018497 Mawney Road Romford RM7 8QA
Received 5 Apr 20231 Broadway Romford RM2 5NS
Received 29 May 20177 Valiant Close Romford RM7 8JH
Received 29 Oct 202546 Brooklands Gardens Hornchurch RM11 2AE
Received 14 Oct 2024May Cottage Fen Lane North Ockendon Upminster RM14 3PR
Received 18 Apr 201673 Cranston Park Avenue Upminster RM14 3XD
Received 26 Sept 202280 Harrow Drive Hornchurch Romford Essex RM11 1NX
Received 26 Jul 201675 Albany Road Hornchurch RM12 4AE
Received 25 Feb 201619 Meadway Gidea Park Romford Essex RM2 5NU
Received 14 May 2015223 Highfield Road Romford RM5 3AW
Received 28 Oct 20242 Honiton Road Romford RM7 9AJ
Received 12 Feb 20232 Ashvale Gardens Romford . . RM5 3QA
Received 19 Feb 201863-65 Butts Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2JS
Received 12 Dec 202353 Horndon Road Romford RM5 3EU
Received 4 Dec 202317 Maybush Road Hornchurch . . Rm11 3LB
Received 25 Jun 2018Oak Lodge Orange Tree Hill Havering-atte-Bower ROMFORD RM4 1PB
Received 22 Aug 2016Williams Butchers, 168 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 6BS
Received 6 Mar 20267 Chelmsford Drive Upminster RM14 2PH
Received 2 Sept 202644 Elm Road Romford RM7 8HH
Received 17 Apr 20231 Farm Road Rainham RM13 9JU
Received 16 Nov 201558 Mawney Road Romford RM7 7HT
Received 29 Jan 202419 Hazel Rise HORNCHURCH RM11 2AR
Received 9 Mar 2017FLATS 1-10 CHELTENHAM COURT 20 HAYDOCK CLOSE HORNCHURCH RM12 6EA
Received 10 Aug 2026Records 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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