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.
717 approved · 3,438 refused · 980 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
16 and 16A Milton Road Romford RM1 2QA
Received 9 Jan 202353 High Street Hornchurch RM11 1TP
Received 1 Feb 20191-21 Harold Wood Hall, Widecombe Close Romford RM3 8PG
Received 27 Aug 2025143 Rush Green Road ROMFORD RM7 0PX
Received 3 Mar 201711 LABURNUM WALK HORNCHURCH RM12 5RP
Received 12 Oct 202318 RAVENSCOURT DRIVE HORNCHURCH RM12 6HL
Received 22 Dec 201710 Eastern Avenue West Romford RM1 4QL
Received 5 Jun 201816 WHEATSHEAF ROAD ROMFORD RM1 2HD
Received 29 Aug 2023158 Warren Drive Hornchurch RM12 4PP
Received 26 Apr 202428 Meadway Romford RM2 5NU
Received 23 Dec 201519 Nelmes Crescent Hornchurch RM11 2PX
Received 16 Sept 2025Rodwell House 199-209 Hornchurch Road Hornchurch RM12 4TJ
Received 14 Aug 2018381 Upminster Road North RAINHAM RM13 9RY
Received 30 Jul 2017R/O 2and 3 Blewitts Cottages New Road Rainham RM13 8SL
Received 13 Apr 201636 Essex Close Romford RM7 8BD
Received 14 Sept 201515 Little Gaynes Lane Upminster RM14 2JJ
Received 16 Feb 2017Land at Roneo Corner, Junction of Rom Valley Way and Rush Gr London RM1 2BP
Received 14 Feb 202311 Urban Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4NU
Received 11 Aug 20252 Broadway Romford RM2 5NS
Received 10 Mar 201646 Park End Road ROMFORD RM1 4AU
Received 8 Jun 201737 Rush Green Road Romford RM7 0PT
Received 28 Apr 2017193 Abbs Cross Lane Hornchurch RM12 4YQ
Received 23 May 202414 LAKE RISE ROMFORD RM1 4DY
Received 31 Mar 202511 & 12 Willow Parade, Moor Lane Upminster RM14 1DZ
Received 8 Dec 2025Records 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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