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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 Slewins Lane Hornchurch RM11 2BZ
Received 26 Apr 202451 The Drive Collier Row ROMFORD RM5 3TP
Received 28 Oct 201622 Maclennan Avenue Rainham RM13 9SS
Received 9 Feb 202627 Station Lane HORNCHURCH RM12 6JL
Received 31 Jul 2017Plot 6 Beam Reach 5 Business Park Consul Avenue Rainham RM13 8GJ
Received 15 Apr 201681 Elms Farm Road Hornchurch RM12 5RH
Received 1 Aug 202328 Boscombe Avenue Hornchurch RM11 1JQ
Received 13 May 201913 Tudor Gardens Romford RM2 5LL
Received 11 Jul 201975 Rosewood Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5LD
Received 8 Jul 20244 Ash Close Romford RM5 2AH
Received 16 Mar 2016Citrus Grove Orange Tree Hill Havering-atte-Bower Romford RM4 1PB
Received 12 Feb 20168 Thorogood Way Rainham RM13 7SJ
Received 26 Nov 202446 Kingsbridge Road Romford RM3 8PA
Received 21 Apr 2015Carpetright Plc, Southend Arterial Road Hornchurch RM3 0BZ
Received 15 Oct 202526 Ingrebourne Road Rainham RM13 9AL
Received 21 Mar 20181 Roseacre Close Hornchurch RM11 3NJ
Received 27 Mar 202467 Butts Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2JS
Received 22 Jun 2026Capstan Drive (Car Park at) RAINHAM RM13 9JA
Received 1 Nov 2017231 Collier Row Lane Romford RM5 3JA
Received 26 Apr 2018Land at The Brewery Waterloo Road Romford RM1 1AU
Received 8 Sept 202666-68 South Street Romford RM1 1RB
Received 28 Jul 202664 South Street Romford RM1 1RB
Received 16 Sept 201464 South Street Romford RM1 1RB
Received 10 Jun 201614 Wayside Close Romford RM1 4ES
Received 8 Feb 2024Records 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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