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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Clockhouse Lane Collier Row Romford Essex RM5 3QP
Received 24 Feb 2015237 Marks Road Romford RM7 7AL
Received 1 Jun 202611 Roslyn Gardens Romford RM2 5RH
Received 30 Aug 201920 Brook Road Romford RM2 5QT
Received 26 Apr 201892 Station Road Gidea Park Romford RM2 6DB
Received 14 Sept 2018Mardon Maywin Drive HORNCHURCH RM11 3ST
Received 14 Jul 20176 Nelmes Close Hornchurch RM11 2QA
Received 9 Apr 202623 Lime Avenue Upminster RM14 2HY
Received 6 Oct 202321 Kings Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 1LA
Received 8 Feb 2017Mercatura House, 36 Mawney Road Romford RM7 7HR
Received 18 Jun 2024Mall floorspace adj unit GL12c The Liberty Romford
Received 6 Apr 201614 Rainham Road Rainham RM13 7RR
Received 5 Apr 20233 Boundary Road Romford RM1 2PX
Received 7 Dec 202352 Hubbards Chase Hornchurch RM11 3DJ
Received 27 Apr 2015296 Main Road Romford RM2 6LU
Received 18 Oct 20163 Gays Cottages, Sunnings Lane Upminster RM14 2DG
Received 25 Oct 202371 Fairview Avenue, Premier Rainham RM13 9RL
Received 30 Oct 2018206 PETTITS LANE NORTH ROMFORD RM1 4NX
Received 2 Oct 2026Waitrose Foodstore 218 Saint Marys Lane Upminster RM14 3BT
Received 17 Apr 20262 Bretons Cottages, Rainham Road Rainham RM13 7LL
Received 30 Sept 2024Queen Elizabeth House, Romford Mail Centre Sandgate Close Romford RM7 0AB
Received 19 Oct 20183 Shelley Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4BT
Received 6 Oct 202549 Laburnum Walk Hornchurch RM12 5RP
Received 13 Sept 201716 Sunrise Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4YS
Received 3 Aug 2016Records 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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