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.
776 approved · 3,594 refused · 1,050 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
43 Seabrook Gardens Romford RM7 0EU
Received 8 Mar 201612 Ingrebourne Road Rainham RM13 9AL
Received 13 Apr 201619 Preston Road Romford RM3 7YU
Received 22 Dec 2022Enterprise House (18 Eastern Road) 18 Eastern Road Romford RM1 3PJ
Received 19 May 201542 Briscoe Road Rainham RM13 9QF
Received 22 Nov 2022170 Ardleigh Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2SU
Received 24 Jan 2023Foxborough House Broxhill Road Havering RM4 1QH
Received 20 Jul 20185 Fleming Gardens Harold Wood ROMFORD RM3 0WA
Received 17 Oct 201627 Fernbank Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5RA
Received 23 Mar 2023125 Lodge Avenue Romford RM2 5AD
Received 28 Jun 201939 Newtons Close RAINHAM RM13 7AX
Received 28 Feb 201744 Parsonage Road Rainham RM13 9LN
Received 22 Jan 202433 Thorogood Way Rainham RM46 SJ
Received 17 Apr 20184B Rosedale Road Romford RM1 4QS
Received 17 Dec 2025325 RAINHAM ROAD RAINHAM RM13 7TB
Received 21 Feb 201866 Grey Towers Avenue Hornchurch RM11 1JD
Received 9 Mar 201624 Diban Avenue Hornchurch . . Rm12 4YE
Received 7 Feb 201823 Cedar Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 3DL
Received 27 Mar 201770 Riversdale Road Romford RM5 2NS
Received 12 Apr 201924 Severn Drive Upminster RM14 1SW
Received 11 Oct 2018178 Carlton Road Romford RM2 5BE
Received 14 May 2019Land North of Fen Lane North Ockendon
Received 5 Mar 20268 and 10 North Street Romford RM1 1BH
Received 12 Dec 202242 Beverley Gardens HORNCHURCH RM11 3NX
Received 27 Apr 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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