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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Cavendish Crescent Hornchurch RM12 5NT
Received 12 Oct 202361/63 King Edward Ave Rainham RM13 9RH
Received 24 Oct 2025183 Parkside Avenue Romford RM1 4NL
Received 27 Feb 202428 Gordon Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4EA
Received 29 Sept 2023112 Mashiters Walk Romford RM1 4BS
Received 27 Mar 20172 Ingrebourne Road Rainham RM13 9AH
Received 20 Nov 201828 WOODHALL CRESCENT HORNCHURCH RM11 3NW
Received 30 Aug 202340 Cotleigh Road ROMFORD RM7 9AS
Received 13 Mar 201825 RAVENSWOOD CLOSE ROMFORD RM5 2UD
Received 19 Jul 2023249 LONDON ROAD ROMFORD RM7 9NB
Received 6 Feb 201810 Burntwood Avenue Emerson Park RM11 3JB
Received 30 Oct 2017Aquarend Place 2 St Marys Lane Essex Upminster RM14 3NX
Received 8 Apr 20197 Dovetree Court North Hill Drive ROMFORD RM3 7AG
Received 11 Sept 201611 Warwick Gardens ROMFORD RM2 6QS
Received 23 Oct 201732 WALLENGER AVENUE ROMFORD RM2 6ER
Received 24 Apr 202477 Woburn Avenue Hornchurch
Received 6 Sept 20164 Brooklands Gardens Hornchurch RM11 2AE
Received 18 Mar 2019113 Eastern Avenue East Romford RM1 4SH
Received 7 Nov 2022Frog Island Ferry Lane Rainham RM13 9YH
Received 3 Oct 201659 Crossways Gidea Park Romford Essex RM2 6AJ
Received 28 Jul 20178 LOWER BEDFORDS ROAD ROMFORD RM1 4LY
Received 22 Mar 202360 Station Road Upminster RM14 2TJ
Received 22 Sept 201558 Winchester Avenue Upminster RM14 3LR
Received 6 May 201539 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LN
Received 22 Sept 2022Records 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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