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.
772 approved · 3,585 refused · 1,037 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Feb 2006 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 St Marys Lane Upminster RM14 2QU
Received 28 Sept 2018The Sun, London Road Romford RM7 9QA
Received 31 Mar 20232 Oxford Close Romford RM2 5UT
Received 24 Apr 201815 Rowan Walk Hornchurch RM11 2JA
Received 15 Jul 201912 Hall Lane (Upminster Methodist Church) Upminster RM14 1AE
Received 14 Mar 2016107A Hillview Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2DJ
Received 31 Mar 2026Advertisement adjacent to The Crown Public House 360 Hornchurch Road HORNCHURCH RM12 4TW
Received 6 Feb 2017Rush Green Training Ground, Rush Green Road Romford RM7 0LU
Received 23 Nov 2023St Georges Hospital Suttons Lane RM12 6RS
Received 30 May 201832 Laburnum Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4HA
Received 2 Jun 202625 Manor Road Romford RM1 2RA
Received 10 Jul 20158 Mermagen Drive Rainham RM13 7EH
Received 8 May 2017188 Elm Park Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 4SD
Received 15 Jun 2016Neale Court Upminster Road Hornchurch RM11 3XP
Received 9 Feb 202635 Squirrels Heath Avenue Romford RM2 6AD
Received 14 Aug 2023159-161 Billet Lane Hornchurch RM11 1UR
Received 3 Dec 2021Warehouse rear of 1-6 The Broadway Hornchurch RM12 4RS
Received 20 Apr 20266 Kirton Close Hornchurch RM12 6TU
Received 17 Jan 202431 Tangmere Crescent Hornchurch RM12 5PP
Received 27 May 202556 Belgrave Avenue Romford RM2 6QA
Received 22 Dec 20221-24 Neale Court Upminster Road Upminster RM11 3XP
Received 25 Jan 2024The Old Rectory The Chase Upminster RM14 3YB
Received 22 Apr 2016Land at Frog Lane Rainham
Received 10 Aug 201721 Brierley Close Hornchurch RM11 2BD
Received 2 Feb 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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