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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gubbins Lane, footpath adj to Bell Flower Lodge opposite junction with Station Road, Romford RM3 0DA
Received 29 Jun 202382- 86 Frederick Road r/o Rainham RM13 8NR
Received 4 Apr 2018Burnside Warley Road Upminster RM14 1TR
Received 15 Apr 202673 & 75 Dorking Road Romford RM3 9YX
Received 12 Feb 201976 Penerley Road Rainham RM13 9HE
Received 4 Oct 202320 Briarleas Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 1LP
Received 14 Dec 20173 Frances Mews Romford RM3 9FP
Received 14 Mar 20243 Retford Close Romford RM3 9NA
Received 17 Oct 2018147 London Road Romford
Received 4 Feb 2013Mick Fury House Unit 3 Perry Close RM13 8HT
Received 20 Jan 201743 Heather Gardens Rise Park Romford
Received 20 Nov 201437 Gordon Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4EA
Received 9 Aug 2019155a Oldchurch Road Romford RM7 0BD
Received 29 Jan 20168 Saxon Close Romford RM3 0PX
Received 23 Nov 20181 Albert Road (Kars UK Ltd) Romford RM1 2PD
Received 2 Feb 201529 Links Avenue Romford RM2 6NB
Received 27 Apr 2023200 Elm Park Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4SD
Received 21 Oct 201562 PLUMPTON AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM12 6BD
Received 22 Jun 20187 Adnams Walk Rainham RM13 7NJ
Received 15 Jan 2019190 Wennington Road Rainham RM13 9DG
Received 14 May 2018252 Upminster Road North Rainham RM13 9JL
Received 24 Aug 2015106-116 Hillrise Road (even) Romford RM5 3BG
Received 6 May 2015Bus Shelter IFO 4 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2HU
Received 30 Sept 2015Radiantlife House 183A Cherry Tree Lane Rainham RM13 8TU
Received 10 Nov 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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