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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/ReasonsP0700.24
First floor extension to the existing single storey unit, internal reconfiguration and changes to external elevations.
Unit 7 Deans Factory Estate Lambs Lane North Rainham RM13 9XN
Received 16 May 2024 - PP is required Conditions/ReasonsD0142.26
Certificate of proposed lawfulness for a single storey rear extension and conversion of roofspace to include rear dormer. Front and side rooflights.
11 THE WITHERINGS HORNCHURCH RM11 2RA
Received 7 Apr 2026 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0272.26
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed loft conversion with hip to Gable and Rear Dormer
15 Heaton Avenue Romford RM3 7HR
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0803.18
Two storey and part single storey rear extension. Hip to gable loft conversion to include raising of roof, rear dormer and roof lights.
14 Orchard Avenue Rainham RM13 9NY
Received 29 May 2018 - UndecidedP0990.26
Extensions and alterations to the existing dwelling
15 Burntwood Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3JD
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0880.17
Erection of a single storey building for B2 general industrial use
36 Mawney Road Romford RM7 7HR
Received 18 May 2017 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0517.16
Loft conversion with rear dormer and front rooflights
25 Freshfields Avenue Upminster RM14 2BY
Received 29 Mar 2016 - Apprv with Agreement Conditions/ReasonsP0489.19
Erection of a single storey commercial unit for flexible Use (B1c (Light Industrial Process), B2 (General Industrial) and B8 (Distribution or Storage) with associated vehicle parking.
Plot 17 Land off Ferry Lane Rainham RM13 9BP
Received 27 Mar 2019 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0454.23
Installation of window on first floor front and rear elevations & creation of 6m deep rear garden space on all 4 dwellings
SOUTH HALL FARM WENNINGTON ROAD RAINHAM RM13 9DQ
Received 20 Mar 2023 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0745.25
Change of Use and erection of a 3 storey building with commercial unit to the ground floor and 4 x 1bed flats on the first and second floors to the front and 1 x 3bed flat to the first floor rear including private and mixed amenity, with car, cycle and refuse storage
147 Rainham Road Rainham RM13 7RB
Received 3 Jun 2025 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0781.16
Demolition of existing garage and construction of new dwelling adjoining the existing with private amenity space, off street car parking and a new double garage and external alterations.
7 Glenton Way ROMFORD RM1 4AF
Received 12 May 2016 - Pr App Not Req'dY0142.24
Single storey rear extension with an overall depth of 6m, a maximum height of 3m, and an eaves height of 3m. (PRIOR APPROVAL)
375 Havering Road Romford RM1 4BW
Received 30 May 2024 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1354.25
Single storey side extension
37 Hayes Drive Rainham RM13 7EL
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0941.23
Proposed two storey front extension with changes to the front elevation to accommodate a new window and extend front elevation.
26 Ardleigh Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2LW
Received 14 Jun 2023 - Approve no cons Conditions/ReasonsN0003.26
Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission Ref: P0152.25 dated 29/04/2025 to allow for amendment to external materials (Part single part two storey rear extension, two storey extensions to the front & side. Proposed new roof with rear dormer & rooflights to accommodate conversion of the roof space for habitable use with internal alterations to property including conversion of garage.)
8 Elmdene Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2QH
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1424.24
Retention of 1No air source heat pump to the side of the property.
11 Fenchurch Close Rainham RM13 8PW
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0831.14
Demolition of garage - two storey side - part single storey rear - part first floor rear - part extension to front - alterations to roof and front elevation
79 Nelmes Crescent Emerson Park
Received 12 Jun 2014 - DOC Discharge FULLQ0026.17
Discharge of Conditions 30 of P0401.14
V and P Motors 166 Upminster Road HORNCHURCH RM14 2RB
Received 23 Feb 2017 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0586.19
Proposed single storey rear extension.
20 Merlin Road Romford RM5 3YA
Received 13 Apr 2019 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP2043.16
PROPOSED POOL ENCLOSURE TO THE REAR OF 6, ARDLEIGH GREEN
6 Ardleigh Green Road HORNCHURCH RM11 2LW
Received 5 Jan 2017 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0459.23
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed loft Conversion with rear dormer and front rooflights
79 Kenilworth Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4SF
Received 31 Oct 2023 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0346.24
Part single, part two storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory
193 Main Road Romford RM2 6LT
Received 8 Mar 2024 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0242.17
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed loft conversion with rear dormer
88 CROWLANDS AVENUE ROMFORD RM7 9HX
Received 1 Jun 2017 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0123.19
Certificate of Lawfulness for a hip to gable loft conversion with 2No. front rooflights, rear dormer to include juliette balcony and outbuilding in rear garden.
17 Diban Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4YE
Received 30 Mar 2019
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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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