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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Aldergrove Walk HORNCHURCH RM12 6NT
Received 12 Dec 2017155 Squirrels Heath Lane Hornchurch RM11 2DX
Received 23 Nov 201823-25 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2JT
Received 13 Sept 2021Plot 8 Beam Reach 5 Consul Avenue Rainham
Received 6 Dec 201632 PETTITS LANE ROMFORD RM1 4HH
Received 23 Jan 202444 Nelmes Way Hornchurch RM11 2QZ
Received 21 Jan 201525 Squirrels Heath Avenue Gidea Park Romford Essex RM2 6AD
Received 13 Jun 201688 PARKWAY ROMFORD RM2 5PL
Received 5 Dec 202355 The Grove Upminster RM14 2ES
Received 21 Mar 2016239 Goodwood Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6DD
Received 8 Dec 2018May Cottage Fen Lane North Ockendon UPMINSTER RM14 3PR
Received 21 Oct 202513 Beltinge Road Romford RM3 0UH
Received 21 Mar 2018Fairview Ind Park, Time Wholesale Services Uk Ltd Marsh Way, Rainham RM13 8UH
Received 23 Dec 2025Rectory Cottage The Chase UPMINSTER RM14 3YB
Received 5 May 201627 SPENSER CRESCENT UPMINSTER RM14 1AN
Received 17 Apr 2018130 Squirrels Heath Lane Hornchurch RM11 2DY
Received 10 Oct 201620 Hunter Drive Hornchurch RM12 5TS
Received 5 Mar 2026Central Farm Cottages Aveley Road Upminster RM14 2TW
Received 25 Nov 2022123 Abbs Cross Lane HORNCHURCH RM12 4XR
Received 19 Oct 2017117 Linley Crescent Romford RM7 8RB
Received 26 May 202622 Link Way Hornchurch RM11 3RW
Received 24 Mar 202333 Wayside Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 4LL
Received 13 Nov 201751 Minster Way Hornchurch RM11 3TD
Received 24 Jul 20188 Bevan Way HORNCHURCH RM12 6EJ
Received 23 Apr 2017Records 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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