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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 Geoffrey Avenue Harold Park Romford RM3 0YJ
Received 2 Dec 2015104 Links Avenue ROMFORD RM2 6NJ
Received 16 Jun 2016Land adjacent to Blue Boar Hall, Orange Tree Hill Romford RM4 1PJ
Received 24 Sept 2024Wren Kitchens Eastern Avenue West A12 Romford RM7 7JN
Received 17 Sept 2019148 ABBS CROSS LANE HORNCHURCH RM12 4XR
Received 17 Mar 20167 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2JT
Received 25 Sept 201423 Cranham Gardens Upminster RM14 1JG
Received 7 Jul 201615 Brook Road Romford RM2 5QS
Received 18 Dec 2015Horseshoe Farm North Road Havering-atte-Bower ROMFORD RM4 1QA
Received 22 Aug 2016Tesco Express Romford (Land rear of) Oaklands Avenue Romford RM1 4DB
Received 19 Feb 201530 Barnsley Road ROMFORD RM3 9LP
Received 27 Jul 20186 Erroll Road Romford RM1 3DJ
Received 15 Nov 202481 MEADOW ROAD ROMFORD RM7 0LR
Received 15 Aug 201932 Squirrels Heath Avenue Gidea Park RM2 6AH
Received 2 Apr 2015Phase 2B (Blocks E & F), Former Harold Wood Hospital Gubbins Lane Harold Wood RM3 0BE
Received 30 May 20171-3 Market Place Romford RM1 3AA
Received 19 Oct 20164 Kynance Close Romford RM3 7LB
Received 21 Dec 2018Service Station 23 New Road Rainham RM13 8DJ
Received 29 Apr 2026429 South End Road Hornchurch RM12 5NX
Received 2 Apr 201558 Cranham Road Hornchurch RM11 2AA
Received 18 Oct 2023367 Elm Park Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4PE
Received 24 Jul 202513 Byron Way Romford RM3 7PR
Received 21 Dec 20229 Church View UPMINSTER RM14 2QX
Received 8 Aug 20171A Woodlands Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2QT
Received 19 Mar 2019Records 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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