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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
187 Carlton Road Gidea Park Romford RM2 5AX
Received 15 May 2018Land to the rear of 9-11 Elm Road Romford RM7 8HH
Received 5 Mar 202619 Helen Road HORNCHURCH RM11 2EW
Received 20 Mar 201714 Heaton Avenue Romford RM3 7HR
Received 19 May 2016White Rose Villa 37 Ockendon Road Upminster RM14 2DN
Received 24 Jun 2024Denver Industrial Estate Ferry Lane RAINHAM RM13 9DD
Received 23 Nov 201748 Betterton Road Rainham RM13 8NB
Received 28 Jan 202628 St Lawrence Road Upminster RM14 2UW
Received 30 Nov 201812 Grey Towers Avenue Hornchurch RM11 1JE
Received 2 Sept 2014A127 (Outside Former Palms Hotel) Southend Arterial Road Emerson Park Romford RM11 3EA
Received 12 Jan 2015171 Station Lane Hornchurch RM12 6LL
Received 27 Jan 202339 Ennerdale Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5JT
Received 11 Apr 20162 Lake Rise Romford RM1 4DY
Received 23 Jan 201614 Dalewood Close HORNCHURCH RM11 3PJ
Received 12 Jul 2016128 Hall Lane Upminster RM14 1AL
Received 6 Dec 202213 Meadway Romford RM2 5NU
Received 3 Aug 20184A Freeman Way Emerson Park HORNCHURCH RM11 3PH
Received 13 Nov 2017150 Northumberland Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2HR
Received 17 Oct 2025113 Haynes Road Hornchurch RM11 2HX
Received 24 Jan 202334 Poplar Street Romford RM7 7JD
Received 19 Jun 20237 Cherry Tree Close Rainham RM13 7QU
Received 1 Aug 2016190 WINGLETYE LANE HORNCHURCH RM11 3AL
Received 6 Nov 201735 Macdonald Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2NF
Received 5 May 202315 Links Avenue Romford RM2 6NB
Received 19 Dec 2014Records 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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