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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
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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.
Portman House 16-20 Victoria Road Romford
Received 3 Aug 20157 Camborne Way ROMFORD RM3 8RA
Received 14 Apr 201692-94 North Street North Street ROMFORD RM1 1DA
Received 31 May 2017148 Parsonage Road Rainham RM13 9LB
Received 22 Jan 2015Land North of 1 Pinewood Road Havering-atte-Bower Romford RM4 1PH
Received 27 Feb 20237 Ferndown Hornchurch RM11 3JL
Received 21 Nov 2024Montana, Colchester Road Romford RM3 9SF
Received 29 Mar 202324 Bourne End HORNCHURCH RM11 3AH
Received 24 Oct 201751 Ashvale Gardens Upminster RM14 3NA
Received 29 Dec 202552 Collier Row Lane ROMFORD RM5 3BB
Received 27 Jun 201720 Barleycorn Way Emerson Park Hornchurch RM11 3JJ
Received 21 Nov 202279 Ernest Road Emerson Park Hornchurch RM11 3JW
Received 22 Aug 201968 Brookside Hornchurch RM11 2RL
Received 11 Dec 201513 Clyde Way Romford RM1 4UR
Received 11 Mar 2019Elm Park Car Wash 235-243 Elm Park Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4PG
Received 30 Mar 201715 Sudbury Close Romford RM3 9FL
Received 23 May 202413 Dalewood Close Hornchurch RM11 3PJ
Received 14 Jun 20197 The Shrubbery Upminster RM14 3AH
Received 6 Aug 202453 Eversleigh Gardens Upminster RM14 1DP
Received 10 Oct 201824 Nelmes Crescent Hornchurch RM11 2QB
Received 21 Feb 2023Interwood Site Stafford Avenue Hornchurch
Received 16 Apr 201530 Bridge Avenue Upminster RM14 2LX
Received 11 Jan 202338 Mildmay Road Romford RM7 7DD
Received 25 Mar 202494 Stafford Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2EP
Received 15 Oct 2018Records 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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