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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
865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Church Lane North Ockenden RM13 3QH
Received 23 Jul 20187 Brook Road Gidea Park RM2 5QS
Received 11 Apr 201637 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2LH
Received 4 Mar 201431 Thorn Lane Rainham RM13 9SJ
Received 18 Aug 202369 Newtons Close Rainham RM13 7AX
Received 26 Jun 201867 Harlow Road Rainham RM13 7UA
Received 7 Sept 201827 ROSLYN GARDENS ROMFORD RM2 5RH
Received 21 Feb 2018311 Wingletye Lane HORNCHURCH RM11 3BU
Received 27 Jan 20189 Berkshire Way Hornchurch RM11 3HB
Received 3 Mar 201639 Carnforth Gardens Hornchurch RM12 5DR
Received 30 Dec 2014630 Upper Brentwood Road ROMFORD RM2 6HT
Received 16 Jan 201828 Chester Avenue Upminster RM14 3JL
Received 24 Aug 202655 Eversleigh Gardens Upminster RM14 1DP
Received 13 May 2024Former Oldchurch Hospital Site Oldchurch Road Romford RM7 0BD
Received 9 May 2016198 Hornchurch Road Hornchurch RM11 1QJ
Received 6 Dec 20185 Dorian Road Hornchurch RM12 4AW
Received 29 Jun 201994 Suttons Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4NF
Received 12 Jun 202612 Mallard Close Upminster RM14 1EL
Received 4 Dec 201846 Nelmes Crescent Hornchurch RM11 2PR
Received 12 Feb 2023Plot 8 Beam Reach 5 Business Park Consul Avenue
Received 15 Apr 201652 Larchwood Avenue ROMFORD RM5 2QJ
Received 5 Dec 2017Unit 9 Fordview Industrial Estate 69-83 New Road Rainham RM13 8ET
Received 11 Aug 20269 Retford Close Romford RM3 9NA
Received 14 Mar 20166 Brookside HORNCHURCH RM11 2RS
Received 28 Aug 2018Records 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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