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.
778 approved · 3,605 refused · 1,053 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43 Heather Avenue Romford RM1 4SU
Received 15 May 202516 Mill Park Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 6HA
Received 16 Jan 201880 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2LA
Received 3 Aug 202320 CANTERBURY AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 3LD
Received 8 Feb 2024269 South Street vacant land at rear Romford RM1 2BE
Received 23 Nov 20189 Avelon Road Romford RM5 3XU
Received 17 Oct 202321 Dawes Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6AL
Received 5 Apr 2024284 Main Road Romford RM2 6LU
Received 28 Sept 201642 Eddy Close Romford RM7 9HS
Received 11 Mar 201610 Acer Avenue Rainham RM13 9ST
Received 22 Feb 201618 Rom Crescent Romford RM7 0PP
Received 1 May 2024133 Upminster Court, Coach House Hall Lane Upminster RM14 1AL
Received 20 Oct 202551 High Street ROMFORD RM1 1JL
Received 7 Dec 20169 Cedar Avenue Upminster RM14 2LN
Received 18 Mar 20158 Lakefields Close Rainham RM13 9SL
Received 18 Aug 20236 Champion Road UPMINSTER RM14 2SY
Received 5 Jun 201718 Berkshire Way Hornchurch RM11 3HB
Received 12 Jun 20194 Elm Walk Romford RM2 5NR
Received 25 Jun 202617 Greenock Way Romford RM1 4RT
Received 27 Aug 20195 Ravenscourt Drive Hornchurch RM12 6HP
Received 5 Oct 201819 Shelley Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4BT
Received 27 Dec 2018140B South Street ROMFORD RM1 1TE
Received 4 Aug 201740 Oakley Drive Romford RM3 9XT
Received 14 Feb 202382 Ingrebourne Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 1BW
Received 21 Nov 2017Records 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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