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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Brewery Shopping Centre Waterloo Road Romford RM1 1AU
Received 25 Aug 201555 Little Gaynes Lane UPMINSTER RM14 2JR
Received 4 Jul 201739 Carnforth Gardens Hornchurch RM12 5DR
Received 4 Aug 20142 Ardleigh Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2LW
Received 1 Apr 201983 Crowlands Avenue Romford RM7 9HX
Received 9 Oct 2017220 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 6BS
Received 18 Nov 202211 South Drive ROMFORD RM2 6HH
Received 30 Jun 2017Hunt Court 3 Union Road Mawneys Romford RM7 0GN
Received 2 Feb 2018Hexagon House 5 Mercury Gardens Romford RM1 3EL
Received 25 Feb 2016Moreland House Care Home 5-7 Manor Avenue Romford RM11 2EB
Received 18 Jul 202395 Lynton Avenue Romford RM7 8NH
Received 30 Sept 202517 & 19 Arbour Way Hornchurch RM12 5BS
Received 18 May 201675 Hillcrest Road Hornchurch RM11 1EE
Received 5 Jun 20186 Ashvale Drive Upminster RM14 3LX
Received 23 Mar 201518 Slewins Lane HORNCHURCH RM11 2BZ
Received 28 Mar 20171A GREENWAY ROMFORD RM3 0HH
Received 12 Dec 2023(Briar Site 6A_1)Open Space and footways adj 43 Barberry Close, 1-12 Betony Road 20-26 Lavender Close & 8, 71, 73, 75 Coltsfoot Path
Received 4 Oct 2013Haverbridge Court, Flat 8 1A St Marys Lane Upminster RM14 2QW
Received 29 Aug 201939A Ernest Road Hornchurch RM11 3JG
Received 11 Jun 201880-82 Lower Bedfords Road Romford RM1 4DQ
Received 13 Aug 2026183 Rainham Road Rainham RM13 7SB
Received 19 Jun 201751 Walmer Close Collier Row RM7 8QH
Received 5 Feb 201626 Briar Road Romford RM3 8AP
Received 20 Jun 2018Romany Rest, Caravan 2 Benskins Lane Noak Hill Romford RM4 1LB
Received 14 Jun 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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