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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848 approved · 3,816 refused · 1,109 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Merlin Close Romford RM5 3YB
Received 11 Jul 2023Frances Bardsley School For Girls Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2RR
Received 19 Jul 2019135 New Road Rainham RM13 8ES
Received 13 Nov 201861 Walmer Close Romford RM7 8QH
Received 25 May 2018The Crown Public House 260 London Road Romford RM7 9NA
Received 21 Sept 201842 Arundel Road Romford RM3 0RT
Received 30 Jul 20243 Nelmes Close Hornchurch RM11 2QA
Received 30 Apr 2019O/S 20 North Street Romford RM1 1BH
Received 13 Apr 2017262 Wennington Road Rainham RM13 9UU
Received 3 May 2023Rear Of 213 North Street Romford RM1 4QA
Received 24 Mar 202329 Penzance Road Romford RM3 9NR
Received 22 Dec 201527 Barleycorn Way Hornchurch RM11 3JJ
Received 24 Aug 202610 LINDSEY WAY HORNCHURCH RM11 2ED
Received 24 Mar 2026O/S 48-50 South Street Romford RM1 1RB
Received 9 Jan 201722 Barton Road Hornchurch
Received 31 Jan 201947 Rothbury Avenue Rainham RM13 9HY
Received 3 Dec 2018Mylands Farm Broxhill Road Havering-atte-bower Romford RM4 1QH
Received 6 Mar 2024363A FRONT LANE UPMINSTER RM14 1LW
Received 4 Jul 202438 Heather Avenue ROMFORD RM1 4SU
Received 14 Jul 201648 Bell House Road ROMFORD RM7 0LS
Received 29 Jul 201629 LINKS AVENUE ROMFORD RM2 6NB
Received 24 Jan 202444 Hacton Drive Hornchurch RM12 6DP
Received 1 Oct 2018R/O 13-15 Parsonage Road Rainham RM13 9LW
Received 23 Nov 2018116 Petersfield Avenue Romford RM3 9PH
Received 16 Jun 2025Records 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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