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.
777 approved · 3,598 refused · 1,051 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 Elmhurst Drive Hornchurch RM11 1NZ
Received 5 May 2016185 Severn Drive Upminster RM14 1PN
Received 1 Dec 201656 Lawns Way Romford RM5 3TH
Received 18 Aug 2023144 Maybank Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5SH
Received 4 Sept 2024117 Birch Crescent Hornchurch RM11 2NG
Received 20 Dec 20185 Gidea Close Romford RM2 5NP
Received 18 Oct 202411, Gidea Close ROMFORD RM2 5NP
Received 1 Jul 201611 Gidea Close Romford RM2 5NP
Received 9 May 201723 Pearcy Close Romford RM3 8PW
Received 9 Dec 202564 Hacton Drive Hornchurch RM12 6DP
Received 12 Feb 202360 Highfield Road Romford RM5 3SA
Received 3 Apr 2023353 Front Lane UPMINSTER RM14 1LW
Received 15 Apr 201640 Argyle Gardens Upminster RM14 3HJ
Received 5 Aug 20251C Harrow Crescent Romford RM3 7AA
Received 22 Nov 202322 Highfield Road Hornchurch RM12 6PT
Received 2 Feb 202338 Allandale Road Hornchurch RM11 1AP
Received 12 Aug 2024Unit 4 No 3-11 Grenfell Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4DN
Received 28 May 201919 Pemberton Avenue Romford RM2 6EX
Received 5 Jun 2018268 Brentwood Road Romford RM2 5SU
Received 25 Jan 201936 Holden Way Upminster RM14 1BT
Received 15 May 2023218 SOUTH END ROAD RAINHAM RM13 7XT
Received 17 Jun 2024126 White Hart Lane Collier Row RM7 8LX
Received 18 Sept 201819 Charlbury Crescent Romford RM3 8YR
Received 14 Sept 201824 Kingston Road Romford RM1 3NA
Received 14 Nov 2023Records 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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