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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kelsale, Colchester Road Romford RM3 0AN
Received 5 Aug 2026Powerleague Romford King George's Playing Fields Eastern Avenue West Romford RM7 7AY
Received 13 Aug 202587 Windermere Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 5ER
Received 7 Feb 201744 WORCESTER AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 3LA
Received 12 Apr 201848 PARK LANE HORNCHURCH RM11 1BD
Received 2 Jan 20249 Balgores Square Romford RM2 6AU
Received 14 Dec 201583 Alma Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6SS
Received 1 Feb 201613-15 Woodhall Crescent Hornchurch RM11 3NN
Received 24 May 20237 Candover Road Hornchurch RM12 4TY
Received 26 Jun 2019The Barn at Tomkyns Manor Tomkyns Lane Upminster RM14 1TP
Received 24 Apr 20198 Sheridan Close Romford RM3 7EX
Received 23 May 201725 Candover Road Hornchurch Essex RM12 4TY
Received 9 Feb 201619 Ernest Road Hornchurch RM11 3JE
Received 8 Oct 2014Little Acorns (Ro Henham Court) Mowbrays Road Romford RM5 3EN
Received 16 Jul 2019265 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3BT
Received 29 Aug 2018482 SOUTH END ROAD HORNCHURCH RM12 5PA
Received 31 Jan 2024Orchard Village Lowen Road Rainham RM13 8PR
Received 21 May 20194 Amersham Road Romford Essex RM3 9JJ
Received 27 Jul 201675 Calbourne Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5BH
Received 25 Apr 202432 Berkeley Drive Hornchurch RM11 3PY
Received 19 Jun 2023258 Carlton Road Romford RM2 5BB
Received 4 Jun 20155 Carter Close ROMFORD RM5 2PB
Received 6 Jan 201835 Pettits Boulevard Romford RM1 4PL
Received 1 May 201814 Christchurch Avenue Rainham RM13 8JB
Received 28 Oct 2025Records 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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