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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
98 Elm Park Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4SW
Received 12 Dec 201811 Henbane Path Romford RM3 8PH
Received 16 Jul 202549 Brackendale Gardens Upminster RM14 3XA
Received 6 Nov 202416 Homeway Romford RM3 0HD
Received 11 Jun 201525 Nelwyn Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2PY
Received 24 Sept 2018New City College Ardleigh Green Ardleigh Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2LL
Received 19 Dec 202531 Farm Road RAINHAM RM13 9JU
Received 15 May 2017UNIT A, 315 COLLIER ROW LANE ROMFORD RM5 3ND
Received 17 Aug 202615 VICTORIA ROAD ROMFORD RM1 2JT
Received 2 Jul 2019Maylands Golf Club Colchester Road Romford RM3 0AZ
Received 23 Dec 202489 Northend Cummings Hall Lane Romford Essex RM3 7TW
Received 4 Sept 2015Greenways Court Butt Green Hornchurch RM11 2JL
Received 10 Jan 201856 Hacton Drive Hornchurch RM12 6DP
Received 13 Dec 201817 Pinecroft Gidea Park Romford RM2 6DG
Received 30 Mar 202310 Daventry Gardens Romford RM3 7QU
Received 6 Jun 202311 Reed Pond Walk Romford Essex
Received 21 Feb 20161 Banyards Hornchurch RM11 2QJ
Received 18 Nov 202258 Hamilton Road Romford
Received 12 Aug 201435 Wykeham Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2LA
Received 26 Dec 202334 Argyle Gardens Upminster RM14 3HJ
Received 27 Feb 2023337 Straight Road Romford RM3 7JT
Received 8 Dec 202232 Hazel Rise Hornchurch RM11 2AR
Received 5 Feb 2019Harold Court Primary School Church Road Harold Wood RM3 0SH
Received 4 Mar 2015Ockendon Boarding Kennels, Ockendon Road Upminster RM14 3PP
Received 23 May 2023Records 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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