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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Brook Road Romford RM2 5QS
Received 26 Oct 20182 Elmer Gardens Rainham RM13 7BS
Received 1 Feb 202374 Church Road, Harold Wood Romford RM3 0SH
Received 15 Jul 202420 Harlesden Close Romford RM3 9HU
Received 30 Apr 2019Boundary between the Clock House and 240-242 St Mary's Lane Upminster
Received 8 Jul 2009Adopted highway verge adj Pinewoods Clockhouse Lane Romford RM5 2RS
Received 4 Apr 201622 WYKEHAM AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM11 2LA
Received 11 Dec 2017188A Main Road Romford RM2 5HA
Received 29 Sept 20153 Hunters Grove ROMFORD RM5 2UJ
Received 2 Sept 20164 Peerage Way Hornchurch RM11 3BE
Received 15 Jul 202585 Norfolk Road Upminster Essex RM14 2RE
Received 7 Mar 2019Rainham Marshes Silt Lagoons Coldharbour Lane Rainham
Received 20 Dec 201741 Argyle Gardens Upminster RM14 3HH
Received 11 Feb 2026236 Main Road Romford RM2 5HA
Received 3 Mar 201647 Somerset Gardens Hornchurch RM11 3QT
Received 15 Nov 202437 Manor Road Romford RM1 2TL
Received 21 Jul 201539 Como Street Romford RM7 7DR
Received 21 Aug 201931 Poplar Street ROMFORD RM7 7JD
Received 6 May 201665 Park Drive Upminster RM14 3AR
Received 11 Feb 2015Freightmaster Estate, Coldharbour Lane Rainham
Received 7 Nov 2023127 Chase Cross Road Romford RM5 3YS
Received 4 Jul 20233A Ayloffs Walk Hornchurch RM11 2RD
Received 12 Mar 202656 Ashbourne Road ROMFORD RM3 7YD
Received 4 Jul 201712 Emerson Drive Hornchurch RM11 1XH
Received 15 Apr 2024Records 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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