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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Elm Road Romford RM7 8HH
Received 18 Sept 202318a Albert Road Romford RM1 2PJ
Received 5 Jun 20152 Clitheroe Road Romford RM5 2ST
Received 15 Apr 2024The Brewery, Units 13 & 14 13 Waterloo Road Romford RM1 1BG
Received 2 Jan 2018First Floor 13 Bridge Close ROMFORD RM7 0AU
Received 4 Feb 201926 Wayside Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 4LL
Received 31 Oct 20166 SETTLE ROAD L/Adj ROMFORD RM3 9XR
Received 14 Feb 20241 Helmsdale Road Romford RM1 4DW
Received 4 Apr 202456 Douglas Road Hornchurch RM11 1AR
Received 29 Feb 2016Tesco Stores Ltd 300 Hornchurch Road Hornchurch Essex RM11 1PY
Received 5 Feb 2014218 Lodge Lane ROMFORD RM5 2EU
Received 14 Nov 201772-74 South Street ROMFORD RM1 1RX
Received 15 Mar 2018200 Dagnam Park Drive Romford RM3 9SA
Received 24 Apr 2023254 Goodwood Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6DH
Received 12 Apr 20161 Whitepost Lane Rainham RM13 8GT
Received 8 Jul 201554 Priory Road Harold Hill Romford Essex RM3 9AT
Received 26 Mar 20182 Warwick Road Rainham RM13 9XU
Received 5 Dec 2023169 Harwood Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2NZ
Received 12 Jan 2023136 SOUTH STREET ROMFORD RM1 1TE
Received 12 Nov 2024St Edward the Confessor Church, Unit A, The Wykeham Centre, Romford RM1 3AB
Received 8 Apr 202588 Woodfield Drive Romford RM2 5DH
Received 22 Dec 201837 Homeway Romford RM3 0HD
Received 30 Mar 2015Reading Room Cottages Church Lane North Ockendon Upminster RM14 3QB
Received 9 Jul 20267 Gilbert Road Romford
Received 5 Feb 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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