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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Orchard Road Collier Row Romford RM7 8HR
Received 25 Sept 20181 Newbury Walk ROMFORD RM3 8HD
Received 26 Apr 201791 Crossways Romford RM2 6AS
Received 22 Apr 202614 Whitchurch Road ROMFORD RM3 9EH
Received 24 Oct 2017RTS Motors / Tyre King Site 84 - 86 New Road Rainham RM13 8SH
Received 18 Apr 201766 Masefield Crescent Romford RM3 7PB
Received 5 Feb 20155 Mygrove Gardens Rainham RM13 9QT
Received 17 Feb 202677 RUSH GREEN ROAD ROMFORD RM7 0PU
Received 6 Jun 202419 Pemberton Avenue Romford RM2 6EX
Received 18 Apr 2019Store adj 5 Birkbeck Road Romford RM7 0JU
Received 13 Sept 2016Drapers Academy Settle Road Romford RM3 9XR
Received 17 Jul 201834 Central Drive Hornchurch RM12 6AR
Received 8 Feb 20245 Russetts Hornchurch RM11 2RX
Received 14 Jun 2018Elmhurst Lodge Torrance Close Hornchurch
Received 30 Jan 201493 Albany Road Hornchurch RM12 4AG
Received 8 May 2018200-202 Elm Park Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4SD
Received 8 Aug 202354 MELVILLE ROAD RAINHAM RM13 9TZ
Received 2 Oct 202468c St Andrews Road Romford RM7 9BB
Received 25 Feb 2014107 Springfield Gardens Upminster RM14 3ES
Received 28 May 2024141 Howard Road Upminster RM14 2UQ
Received 12 Jun 2026Crowlands Cafe 263 London Road Romford RM7 9NJ
Received 6 Jan 2017Medina Farm Dennises Lane South Ockendon RM14 2XB
Received 20 Jan 202320 The Green, Wennington Rainham RM13 9DX
Received 5 Apr 202351 Jersey Road Rainham RM13 7DR
Received 17 Feb 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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