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.
782 approved · 3,609 refused · 1,055 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Feb 2005 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Stanley Road North Rainham RM13 8AX
Received 19 Feb 2024Former Coach Depot Land South of Reginald Road Harold Wood RM3 0QX
Received 4 Mar 201544 Primrose Glen Hornchurch RM11 2NP
Received 3 Aug 201741 The Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4JJ
Received 16 Mar 201642 Merlin Road ROMFORD RM5 3YH
Received 9 Mar 201772 Rainsford Way Hornchurch RM12 4BL
Received 3 Mar 2015Unit 5 Lyon Road Romford RM1 2BA
Received 14 Jun 201857 Parkland Avenue Upminster RM14 2EU
Received 16 Feb 2026Solar & Serena Courts 1-17 Solar Court Hornchurch RM12 4YT
Received 11 Oct 20183 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 5JR
Received 6 Feb 201818 North Weald Close Hornchurch RM12 5AQ
Received 11 Nov 202545 Pettits Lane Hornchurch RM14 4HH
Received 13 Aug 2019106 Cambridge Avenue Romford RM2 6RA
Received 13 Jul 201824 The Crescent UPMINSTER RM14 1JY
Received 10 May 201723 Medora Road ROMFORD RM7 7EP
Received 25 Jul 201778-80 Straight Road Romford RM3 8AA
Received 12 Apr 201946 Helmsdale Road Romford Essex RM1 4DN
Received 8 Mar 201954 Hornminster Glen Hornchurch Essex RM11 3XL
Received 28 Jan 20198 Brookside RM11 2RS
Received 4 Jul 2016Cherry Tree Lane (Adj to Rainham Road) Rainham RM13 7RJ
Received 6 Aug 2015Land to the north of Warley Substation Clay Tye Road Upminster
Received 13 Nov 202316 Tadworth Parade HORNCHURCH RM12 5AS
Received 19 Sept 201733 Durham Avenue ROMFORD RM2 6JJ
Received 28 Feb 2018Phase 4B, Harold Wood Hospital Gubbins Lane Harold Wood RM3 0BE
Received 28 Nov 2014Records 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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