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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
85 CHRISTCHURCH AVENUE RAINHAM RM13 8JA
Received 12 Mar 20246 Risebridge Road Romford RM2 5PR
Received 18 May 2023280 MAIN ROAD ROMFORD RM2 6LU
Received 28 Feb 201926 Fairfield Avenue UPMINSTER RM14 3AY
Received 21 Jun 2016Moor Hall Romford Road Averley Essex RM15
Received 15 Jun 201721 King Edward Avenue Rainham RM13 9RH
Received 10 Sept 202424 Heather Close Romford RM1 4PD
Received 26 Feb 2019Ruskin House North Road Havering-atte-Bower
Received 31 Aug 2016land at Farnham Road & Hilldene Avenue Harold Hill Romford
Received 26 Jun 202427 Burland Road Collier Row Romford RM5 3RD
Received 16 Oct 2015Moreton Bay Industrial Estate Southend Arterial Road Hornchurch RM2 6PL
Received 6 Sept 201917 Victoria Road (rear of) Romford RM1 2JT
Received 13 May 2015128 Shepherds Hill Romford RM3 0NL
Received 21 Aug 202314 Parkland Avenue Upminster RM14 2EX
Received 28 Jul 202641 Curtis Road Hornchurch RM11 3NS
Received 11 Dec 201512 Betterton Road Rainham RM13 8NA
Received 2 Apr 202549 Elmhurst Drive Hornchurch RM11 1NZ
Received 27 Apr 2016Gallows Corner Retail Park, Unit 5 Colchester Road Romford RM3 0AD
Received 8 Mar 2023469 Upminster Road North Rainham RM13 9SD
Received 16 Oct 2024119 Hacton Lane Hornchurch RM14 2NL
Received 27 Jul 202617 Johns Terrace Colchester Road Romford RM3 0AW
Received 25 Jun 201811A Elm Parade St Nicholas Avenue Elm Park RM12 4RH
Received 7 Aug 2017Unit C6, The Seedbed Centre Davidson Way Romford RM7 0AZ
Received 18 Jun 20194 Stafford Industrial Estate, Hillman Close Hornchurch RM11 2SJ
Received 12 May 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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