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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
56 Coleridge Road Romford RM3 7BB
Received 2 May 201932 Eaton Drive Romford
Received 2 Jul 201534 Thorogood Way RAINHAM RM13 7SJ
Received 21 Aug 201730 Park Crescent Hornchurch RM11 1BJ
Received 24 Oct 202416 Ashburnham Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 1XA
Received 29 Jun 20175 Laburnham Gardens Upminster RM14 1HU
Received 30 Sept 201511 North Street (ground floor), Hornchurch, RM11 1RL
Received 5 May 2026104 Seymer Road Romford RM1 4LB
Received 21 Oct 202433 Skeales Court, Hornchurch Housing Trust Sunrise Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4YA
Received 8 Jun 2018Corner Farm Cottage Fen Lane North Ockendon Upminster RM14 3RB
Received 21 Apr 2026150 High Street Hornchurch
Received 3 Feb 20148 Heaton Way ROMFORD RM3 7HA
Received 19 Nov 2017103 Pretoria Road Romford RM7 7AX
Received 30 Jun 2015The Hall, Broxhill Road Havering-atte-bower Romford RM4 1QH
Received 15 Dec 2023109 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LP
Received 25 Jun 20244 Penerley Road Rainham RM13 9HD
Received 2 May 201818A Homeway Romford
Received 27 Oct 20143 Fairview Parade, Mawney Road Romford RM7 7HH
Received 14 Jun 2024Unicorn Hotel 91 Main Road ROMFORD RM2 5EL
Received 30 Mar 20177 Gilbert Road Romford RM1 3BX
Received 17 Jan 2018Harwood Hall Harwood Hall Lane Upminster RM14 2YG
Received 18 Mar 2016Claydon Court land opposite Upper Rainham Road Hornchurch RM12 4PA
Received 24 May 201816 Lodge Lane Romford RM5 2EJ
Received 12 Dec 2022115A Shepherds Hill Romford RM3 0NP
Received 23 Aug 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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