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.
792 approved · 3,658 refused · 1,068 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Elm Grove Hornchurch RM11 2QX
Received 9 Nov 2016Faringdon Grove 7 Faringdon Avenue Romford RM3 8TD
Received 16 Dec 2015Land at Oak Farm Maylands Fields ROMFORD
Received 1 Sept 201747 Grosvenor Drive Hornchurch RM11 1PH
Received 7 Apr 201967 Hillfoot Avenue Romford RM5 3LJ
Received 29 Sept 20221 Rockchase Gardens Hornchurch RM11 3NH
Received 8 Jul 20244 The Ridgeway Gidea Park Romford RM2 5BU
Received 30 Dec 2015143 High Street Hornchurch RM11 3YD
Received 6 Jun 202575 Tuck Road Rainham RM13 7HJ
Received 20 Feb 2024247 Upper Rainham Road Hornchurch RM12 4EY
Received 14 Mar 201931 Beltinge Road ROMFORD RM3 0UH
Received 6 Sept 2017299-307 Collier Row Lane Romford RM5 3ND
Received 17 Jun 201576 Gaynes Park Road Upminster RM14 2HU
Received 11 Jan 201632 Pretoria Road Romford RM7 7AS
Received 19 Jul 201814 Parkstone Avenue HORNCHURCH RM11 3LU
Received 27 Feb 2018183 Cherry Tree Lane Rainham RM13 8TU
Received 26 Oct 20183 Torrance Close Hornchurch RM11 1JT
Received 7 Mar 201684 Riversdale Road Romford RM5 2NS
Received 14 Feb 201884 Ravenscourt Grove Hornchurch RM12 6HH
Received 31 Aug 2023144 Ardleigh Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2SR
Received 9 May 202427 CUMBERLAND AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM12 6HU
Received 27 Apr 2018No.'s 1-8 & 9-16 Grove Court Little Gaynes Lane/The Grove UPMINSTER RM14 2EE
Received 6 Mar 201880 Mawney Road Romford RM7 7HU
Received 7 Jan 20268 Havering Road Romford RM1 4QU
Received 5 Mar 2015Records 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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