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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Nelmes Way Hornchurch RM11 2QY
Received 23 Sept 2025St Georges Hospital Suttons Lane RM12 6RS
Received 14 Feb 201982 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LR
Received 21 Jul 2023Unit 2, The Parade 19 Colchester Road Romford RM3 0AQ
Received 20 Oct 202241 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4HH
Received 25 Feb 201958 Carter Drive Romford RM5 2PD
Received 12 Oct 202336 PERCIVAL ROAD HORNCHURCH RM11 2AH
Received 4 Oct 2023Vervals Barn Great Sunnings Sunnings Lane Upminster RM14 2DG
Received 12 Oct 201610 Stour Way Upminster RM14 1QG
Received 21 Feb 20246 Nelmes Way Hornchurch RM11 2QZ
Received 21 May 2025175 Shepherds Hill ROMFORD RM3 0NR
Received 4 Jan 2018Land at priory Road Harold Hill Romford RM3 9AP
Received 17 Jan 202475 Fairholme Avenue ROMFORD RM2 5UR
Received 30 Jul 201754 Courtenay Gardens Upminster RM14 1DD
Received 23 Sept 202230 Crossways Romford RM2 6AL
Received 2 Sept 202455 Church Road Romford RM3 0JU
Received 28 Aug 202542 Westmoreland Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2EE
Received 16 Nov 202389 Rothbury Avenue Rainham RM13 9HY
Received 14 Apr 20261 Boyd Close Cranham Upminster
Received 9 Nov 2015Hilldene Close (Hilldene North Site) Bridgewater Road Darlington Gardens Romford
Received 16 Sept 201429 Holden Way Upminster RM14 1BT
Received 25 Apr 2019151 Latimer Drive Hornchurch RM12 6TN
Received 10 Nov 2025203 CHURCH ROAD HAROLD WOOD ROMFORD RM3 0SA
Received 1 Dec 2017Land Adj to No.39 Navarre Gardens Hornchurch RM52HL
Received 7 May 2014Records 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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