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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
32 Oak Avenue Upminster RM14 2LB
Received 13 May 20194 Dudley Road Romford RM3 8LH
Received 14 Nov 202411 Carter Close Romford RM5 2PB
Received 15 Jun 2016GARAGES ADJACENT TO 27/28 FLORENCE CLOSE FLORENCE CLOSE ESSEX RM12 6LD
Received 18 May 2017Unit A First Floor, Chesham Close Romford RM7 7PJ
Received 23 Jun 202629 Sheffield Drive ROMFORD RM3 9YH
Received 12 Oct 201740 Central Drive Hornchurch RM12 6AX
Received 27 Dec 201815 Parkway Romford RM2 5NT
Received 2 May 202349 Brackendale Gardens Upminster RM14 3XA
Received 5 Feb 202426-36 Wymark Close Rainham Essex RM13 8SW
Received 1 Dec 2025179 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4ED
Received 29 May 201846 Nelmes Crescent Hornchurch RM11 2PR
Received 19 Jun 201515 Franklin Road Hornchurch RM12 6TS
Received 19 Aug 202576 Glenwood Drive Romford RM2 5AS
Received 15 May 201958 Curtis Road Hornchurch RM11 3NS
Received 5 Sept 202588 Beauly Way Romford RM1 4XR
Received 28 Mar 202463 MUNGO PARK ROAD RAINHAM RM13 7PJ
Received 27 Feb 20181 Herbert Road Hornchurch RM11 3LA
Received 30 Aug 20244 Kingshill Avenue Romford RM5 2SD
Received 7 Dec 20151 Camborne Way Romford RM3 8RA
Received 13 Sept 201817 Bedford Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4NJ
Received 8 Dec 202216 Copperfields Way ROMFORD RM3 0XE
Received 30 May 201796 Rosebank Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5QS
Received 19 Feb 20151 Blewitts Cottages New Road Rainham RM13 8SL
Received 2 Dec 2016Records 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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