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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Phase 4A Former Harold Wood Hospital Gubbins Lane Harold Wood RM3 0BE
Received 30 Jan 20196 Eldred Gardens Upminster RM14 1SL
Received 26 Jun 2023Unit 5A Albright Industrial Estate Ferry Lane Rainham RM13 9BU
Received 16 May 2019119 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2LX
Received 1 Nov 2018St. Patricks School Lowshoe Lane Romford RM5 2AP
Received 26 Nov 201465 Shepherds Hill Romford RM3 0NP
Received 18 Jun 202461 Derby Avenue Upminster RM14 2NS
Received 9 Nov 201879 Cambridge Avenue Gidea Park, Romford RM2 6QX
Received 27 Mar 20142 Greenway ROMFORD RM3 0HH
Received 13 Mar 20172 Station Road Gidea Park Romford RM2 6DA
Received 3 Mar 201430 Upminster Road South Rainham RM13 9AA
Received 16 Dec 2016Jhansi 26 Colchester Road ROMFORD RM3 9SF
Received 1 Feb 2018Brewdog, 18 Station Road Upminster RM14 2UB
Received 14 Sept 2023333 Upminster Road North Rainham RM13 9JR
Received 10 May 2019178 Crow Lane Romford RM7 0ES
Received 11 Dec 201822 Heaton Close Harold Hill RM3 7HP
Received 22 Apr 201675 Lake Avenue RAINHAM RM13 9SG
Received 8 Dec 201624 Jutsums Lane Romford Essex RM7 9HH
Received 19 Sept 20192 Stanley Close ROMFORD RM2 5DP
Received 5 Jul 2017290 Mawney Road Romford RM7 8DL
Received 26 Jan 2026455 Rush Green Road ROMFORD RM7 0NH
Received 5 Apr 20172 Regency Gardens Hornchurch RM11 1PP
Received 16 Aug 2023Suttons Arms 16-18 Station Lane Hornchurch RM12 6NJ
Received 13 Feb 201957 Askwith Road Rainham RM13 8EL
Received 3 Oct 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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