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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
89 Elmhurst Drive Hornchurch RM11 1NZ
Received 23 Jun 201644 Ernest Road Emerson Park RM11 3JN
Received 30 Apr 2015Kew Close Romford RM1 4WF
Received 9 Nov 2023SEND School Sports Ground Balgores Lane Romford
Received 17 Apr 2026Grass verge adjacent to the junction of Lawrence Road and Brentwood Road Hornchurch RM2 5SS
Received 30 Mar 202628 Eversleigh Gardens Upminster RM14 1DR
Received 18 Aug 201529 DORKINS WAY UPMINSTER RM14 1XX
Received 16 Nov 201710 Beech Street Romford RM7 7LA
Received 12 Apr 201939 Derham Gardens Upminster RM14 3HB
Received 16 Sept 201982 Harrow Drive Hornchurch RM11 1NX
Received 14 Jun 2023The Cockney Gent, Petersfield Avenue Romford RM3 9PB
Received 25 Jun 201852 Argyle Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 3HJ
Received 20 Jun 201658 Cranston Park Avenue Upminster RM14 3XH
Received 5 May 2015131 BETTERTON ROAD RAINHAM RM13 8ND
Received 12 Jun 202355 Collier Row Lane Romford RM5 3BD
Received 23 May 2016110 Slewins Lane Hornchurch RM11 2BU
Received 16 Dec 202414 Ridley Close Romford RM3 7BU
Received 20 Jun 2025Unit 8, Fairview Industrial Estate Marsh Way Rainham RM13 8UH
Received 11 Jul 2014St Cedd Hall Sims Close ROMFORD RM1 3QT
Received 20 Oct 201781 Links Avenue Romford RM2 6NH
Received 3 Feb 2023115 and 117 Shepherds Hill-Land between Romford RM3 0NP
Received 9 Nov 2015Sylvan Glade Benksins Lane Noak Hill Romford RM4 1LB
Received 6 Nov 201448,50 & 52 Gubbins Lane Romford RM3 0PU
Received 5 Jun 201516 Pettits Close Romford RM1 4EB
Received 9 Oct 2015Records 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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