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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
67-71 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2LT
Received 24 Aug 2023McDonald's Restaurant Bryant Avenue ROMFORD RM3 0AP
Received 27 May 2016St Georges Hospital Suttons Lane RM12 6RR
Received 28 Jun 2024Draper Court Mavis Grove Hornchurch RM12 6BN
Received 19 Dec 202423 Tempest Way Rainham RM13 7PX
Received 27 Feb 2015Sports Ground Balgores Lane Romford RM2 6BP
Received 18 Aug 2025154 WENNINGTON ROAD RAINHAM RM13 9DG
Received 27 Sept 202412 Sycamore Avenue Upminster RM14 2HR
Received 3 Jul 202535 Eastbury Road Romford RM7 9AL
Received 7 Nov 202350 Crossways Gidea Park Romford RM2 6AL
Received 4 Nov 2014Land adjacent No 2 Strathmore Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4BS
Received 26 Jun 202316 GLEBE ROAD RAINHAM RM13 9LH
Received 1 Jun 20261 Childs Close Hornchurch RM11 2BT
Received 20 Dec 201721 Berwick Road Rainham RM13 9QU
Received 29 Nov 20236 Crossways Gidea Park Romford Essex RM2 6AA
Received 21 Jun 201688 Links Avenue ROMFORD RM2 6NJ
Received 31 May 201736 GAYNES PARK ROAD UPMINSTER RM14 2HL
Received 20 Dec 201784 Rothbury Avenue Rainham RM13 9HZ
Received 5 Jun 2023C E M E Marsh Way Rainham RM13 8EU
Received 17 Dec 201411 Hubert Road Rainham RM13 8AB
Received 11 Jul 201916 Slewins Lane Hornchurch RM11 2B2
Received 9 Jun 20167 Penrith Crescent RAINHAM RM13 7QB
Received 2 Oct 201720 Little Gaynes Gardens Upminster RM14 2JL
Received 20 Mar 2023Rainham Marshes Silt Lagoons Coldharbour Lane Rainham
Received 19 Aug 2022Records 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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