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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
129 OLDCHURCH ROAD ROMFORD RM7 0BD
Received 15 Oct 2025367 London Road Romford RM7 9NU
Received 30 Nov 201519A The Broadway HORNCHURCH RM12 4RW
Received 9 Jun 2017151 Main Road ROMFORD RM2 6LS
Received 13 Sept 201651 Helmsdale Road ROMFORD RM1 4DN
Received 3 Aug 201623 Great Nelmes Chase Hornchurch RM11 2PS
Received 17 Feb 2015187 HIGH STREET HORNCHURCH RM11 3XT
Received 8 Jan 2024272 Abbs Cross Lane Hornchurch RM12 4YG
Received 10 Feb 20264 Emerson Drive Hornchurch RM11 1XH
Received 15 Jul 20261-45 Residential Communal Bin Sheds Havering Harkness Close Romford RM3 9NX
Received 29 Sept 202422 Hyland Way Hornchurch RM11 1DW
Received 8 Jun 2018160 Northumberland Avenue Gidea Park RM11 2HR
Received 12 Sept 2018125 St Andrews Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5EA
Received 22 Sept 2022The Brewery, 10 Waterloo Road Romford RM1 1AU
Received 16 Sept 202426 the Green Wennington Rainham Essex RM13 9DX
Received 21 Dec 201833 Sylvan Avenue Emerson Park Hornchurch
Received 30 Jun 201473 Doncaster Way Upminster RM14 2PP
Received 29 Apr 202465 Shepherds Hill Romford RM3 0NP
Received 6 Dec 2024The Convent Sacred Heart of Mary 64 St. Marys Lane Upminster RM14 2QR
Received 22 Jul 20148 Crouch Valley Upminster RM14 1RP
Received 22 Mar 201616 Parsonage Road RAINHAM RM13 9LW
Received 19 Apr 2016167 Southend Arterial Road Hornchurch RM11 2SF
Received 24 Dec 202530 Hall Lane UPMINSTER RM14 1AF
Received 18 Jul 201638 Benets Road Hornchurch RM11 3PU
Received 21 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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