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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of London Borough of Havering. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Havering website
848 approved · 3,816 refused · 1,109 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holbrook House 2C Suttons Lane HORNCHURCH RM12 6RJ
Received 5 Apr 201731 Walden Avenue Rainham RM13 8EA
Received 31 Jul 202585 Howard Road Upminster RM14 2UG
Received 28 Jul 202517 Carisbrooke Close HORNCHURCH RM11 3QP
Received 31 Jan 20182A CRANHAM GARDENS UPMINSTER RM14 1JG
Received 26 Feb 201857 ROTHBURY AVENUE RAINHAM RM13 9HY
Received 14 Dec 201877 Howard Road Upminster RM14 2UG
Received 29 Dec 201629 Eyhurst Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4RB
Received 8 Sept 2025Harold Hill Library, Hilldene Avenue Romford RM3 8DJ
Received 1 Apr 202633 Elm Road Romford RM7 8HH
Received 22 Feb 201837 Newbury Gardens Upminster
Received 2 Sept 201474 Lake Avenue Rainham RM13 9SH
Received 24 Jan 201987 Grenfell Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4DS
Received 5 Aug 20158 The Chase ROMFORD RM1 4BE
Received 6 Feb 2018193 Hainault Road Romford RM5 3AS
Received 27 Apr 202397 Randall Drive Hornchurch RM12 6TA
Received 16 Jul 2025Former Angel Way Retail Park Angel Way Romford RM1 1JH
Received 10 Oct 20251 SUFFOLK WAY HORNCHURCH RM11 3ET
Received 18 Sept 2023120 Hainault Road ROMFORD RM5 3AP
Received 7 Mar 2018Havering College of Further and Higher Education Tring Gardens Romford RM3 9ES
Received 13 Aug 202591 Sheringham Avenue Romford RM7 9DP
Received 20 Jun 201888 Harrow Crescent Romford RM3 7AJ
Received 2 Apr 202421 Pentire Close UPMINSTER RM14 1QJ
Received 15 Jan 20183 Magnum Close Rainham RM13 9PU
Received 28 Aug 2015Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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