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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Romford Police Station 19 Main Road Romford RM1 3BJ
Received 27 Jan 20264 Meadowlands Hornchurch RM11 3JX
Received 17 Feb 20269 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LX
Received 23 May 202438 Central Drive Hornchurch RM12 6AR
Received 3 Aug 2018118 Havering Road Romford RM1 4RB
Received 30 Oct 2014Ockendon Kennels Ockendon Road North Ockendon RM14 3PT
Received 22 Nov 2017160 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3AR
Received 17 Apr 20232 Melksham Green ROMFORD RM3 8QT
Received 17 Mar 20172 Dymoke Road Hornchurch RM11 1AA
Received 30 Jul 20189 Nelmes Crescent Hornchurch RM11 2PX
Received 15 Dec 2025Harold Wood Hospital Romford RM3 0AR
Received 24 Mar 202523 Nelmes Road Hornchurch RM11 3HX
Received 2 Jun 202537 Chevington Way Hornchurch RM12 6RW
Received 17 May 201915 Freeman Way Hornchurch
Received 11 Aug 20149 Cranborne Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 2YT
Received 23 Feb 201728 Crow Lane Romford RM7 0EL
Received 22 Mar 201744 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2JH
Received 14 Feb 201770 Harlow Road Rainham RM13 7UA
Received 2 Oct 202449 Essex Gardens Hornchurch RM11 3EL
Received 11 Jul 20162C and 2D Woburn Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4NG
Received 22 Nov 20229 Mayfield Grove Rainham RM13 9FE
Received 23 Jun 2015120 Belgrave Avenue ROMFORD RM2 6PU
Received 21 Nov 2016154 MARLBOROUGH GARDENS UPMINSTER RM14 1SR
Received 15 May 201866 Beltinge Road Romford RM3 0UJ
Received 14 May 2026Records 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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