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.
789 approved · 3,628 refused · 1,060 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
45 Amersham Road Romford RM3 9HX
Received 27 Feb 2026Bury Farm Sewage Works St Marys Lane North Ockendon Upminster RM14 3PH
Received 20 Oct 20229 Walden Avenue Rainham RM13 8EA
Received 27 Aug 201812 HALL TERRACE COLCHESTER ROAD ROMFORD RM3 0XR
Received 15 Jun 2017103 Burnway Hornchurch RM11 3SW
Received 22 Nov 2016Plot 10&11 Beam Reach 5 Business Park Consul Avenue
Received 15 Apr 2016151 Main Road Romford RM2 6LS
Received 8 Jun 20167 Locke Close Rainham RM13 7LD
Received 10 Oct 201628 Ravenscourt Drive Hornchurch RM12 6HL
Received 1 Apr 2019Montrose, Warley Road Upminster RM14 1TR
Received 27 Jan 202317 Broadway Romford RM2 5NS
Received 21 Jul 201615 Collingwood Road Rainham RM13 8SZ
Received 18 Mar 20192 Courtenay Gardens Upminster RM14 1DD
Received 27 Jan 201611 Gidea Close Romford RM2 5NP
Received 31 Jul 20185 Broseley Gardens Romford RM3 9BB
Received 6 Aug 202666 Station Road Upminster RM14 2TD
Received 12 Jan 202327 Norfolk Road Upminster RM12 4RE
Received 22 Jun 2015209 Alma Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6BJ
Received 23 May 202564 Heath Park Road Romford RM2 5XA
Received 7 Sept 202628 Florence Close Hornchurch RM12 6LD
Received 26 Feb 2015Harris Academy Rainham School Lambs Lane South Rainham RM13 9XD
Received 6 Nov 20236 Abbotts Close Romford RM7 8QU
Received 29 Jan 202429-31 Dymoke Road Hornchurch RM11 1AA
Received 22 Apr 201599 Howard Road Upminster RM14 2UQ
Received 20 Sept 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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