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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.
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Havering planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates27,806Searchable applications
455Recorded as pending
18%Approval rate · 4,715 approved or refused records
3,850Refused applications
865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Planning pre-application adviceArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanningvalidations@havering.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@havering.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas11 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1516.16
Erection of two storey side and part single storey rear extension.
76 Dewsbury Road ROMFORD RM3 8DW
Received 21 Sept 2016 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0354.15
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed Loft Conversion - New dormer to rear of property with Hip to gable wall.
5 Winchester Avenue Upminster RM14 3LP
Received 18 Nov 2015 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1300.19
Access Track for site and emergency vehicles only to enable all weather access to the southern boundary of the site and associated areas
Stubbers Park Ockendon Road Upminster RM14 2TY
Received 20 Aug 2019 - Refuse (Appealed) Conditions/ReasonsP0555.18
Single storey rear and part first floor rear together with new front single storey porch, hip to gabled loft conversion to include rear dormer and internal re configeration.
333 Upminster Road North Rainham RM13 9JR
Received 16 Apr 2018 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0401.19
Single storey rear extension and front porch
72 Mashiters Hill Romford RM1 4TL
Received 14 Mar 2019 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0346.18
Proposed side granny annexe extension.
4 DEVERON WAY ROMFORD RM1 4UL
Received 6 Mar 2018 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1568.14
Proposed timber outbuilding
4 Roxburgh Avenue Upminster
Received 10 Nov 2014 - Apprv with Agreement Conditions/ReasonsP0960.16
Erection of a three/five storey building comprising 44 no. residential units, car parking, landscaping and other associated work
75 North Street Hornchurch RM11 1ST
Received 14 Jun 2016 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP1551.16
Retrospective application for the side and rear canopy
299 Rush Green Road ROMFORD RM7 0JL
Received 24 Nov 2016 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1499.25
Installation of an external enclosure for a 2 storey residential lift with small side extension for an access corridor.
58 Hall Lane Upminster RM14 1AQ
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP1078.19
PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 7NO FLATS
Land Adjacent to Farm House East Hall Lane Wennington Rainham RM13 9DS
Received 11 Jul 2019 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0028.18
Single and part two storey rear extension.
38 Larchwood Avenue ROMFORD RM5 2QJ
Received 10 Jan 2018 - PP not requiredE0035.24
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing 1x warehouse Unit 4, used for storage (Use Class B8)
Home Farm, Fen Lane, North Ockendon Upminster RM14 3RD
Received 9 Jul 2024 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0091.17
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed hip to gable loft conversion, rear dormer and velux roof light.
15 Chiltern Gardens HORNCHURCH RM12 4SQ
Received 8 Mar 2017 - DOC Discharge PARTQ0081.17
Reserved matters application for the approval of siting, design, external appearance and landscaping (the reserved matters) pursuant to the outline planning permission P0702.08 for Phase 2A of the former Harold Wood Hospital, for the development of 109 residential dwellings, plus associated infrastructure and car parking. P1131.15 Conditions(s) 2 Car Parking Management Strategy
Phase 2A (Blocks G&H), Former Harold Wood Hospital Gubbins Lane Harold Wood RM3 0BE
Received 31 May 2017 - PP not requiredE0049.24
Lawful development application to confirm the lawful implementation of planning permission granted on appeal (reference: APP/B5480/W/16/3142739), granted on 21 April 2016, for Single storey extension at second floor level to the rear part of the building and single storey extension at fourth floor level to the front part of the building to provide 5 residential units (C3 use) (4 x 1 bed units and 1 x 2 bed units)
16-20 Portman House, Victoria Road Romford RM1 2EQ
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0860.16
Demolish existing detached garage and construct two storey side extension (annexe) and single storey rear extension
22 Brookside HORNCHURCH RM11 2RS
Received 13 Jun 2016 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0990.17
Erect dormer to front elevation
12 Foxhall Road UPMINSTER RM14 2DD
Received 12 Jun 2017 - Tree Work App + Cond Conditions/ReasonsT0108.25
T007 - Horse Chestnut - (Aesculus hippocastanum) - The works in which i would like to carry out consists of - Reduce canopy by 30% to suitable growth points (3m) crown thin by removing crossing and rubbing branches (10%), remove major deadwood, crown lift to 3m, sever ivy at 1m to ground level and remove epicormic growth, The reason in which i wish to carry out these works is because this tree is becoming large for its current position and the tree is in need of maintenance.
Chapel Lodge Upminster Road South Rainham RM13 9AG
Received 15 Aug 2025 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0164.17
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed construction of hip to gable roof extension and rear dormer
63 Derham Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 3HB
Received 26 Apr 2017 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1465.23
Front porch extension and single storey side extension
301 CROW LANE ROMFORD RM7 0HH
Received 26 Sept 2023 - ALL DECISIONS ISSUEDQ0234.15
Discharge of condition 4 of P1331.15
35 Station Road Harold Wood Romford RM3 0BS
Received 2 Dec 2015 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1087.15
Outbuilding and relocate the existing gate
299 Rush Green Road Romford RM7 0JL
Received 28 Jul 2015 - Refuse (Appealed) Conditions/ReasonsP0033.16
The demolition of the existing pair of semi-detached houses (No.s 2 & 4 Hamilton Drive), and garages and the erection of 6no. three-bedroom houses.
6 Hamilton Drive Romford RM3 0UU
Received 13 Jan 2016
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What these statistics cover
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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