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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
Havering planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates27,806Searchable applications
455Recorded as pending
18%Approval rate · 4,715 approved or refused records
3,850Refused applications
865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Planning pre-application adviceArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanningvalidations@havering.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@havering.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas11 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0211.18
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed single storey rear extension, and conversion of garage to games room.
70 Coleridge Road Romford RM3 7BB
Received 21 May 2018 - Withdrawn - InvalidP0474.18
Subdivision of existing flat to 1x2 bedroom flat and 1x1 bedroom flat. First floor rear extension, formation of rear dormer and veluxe windows to front roof slope.
21- Elm Parade Shops Elm Park Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4SA
Received 29 Mar 2018 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0864.17
Single storey side garage extension and single storey rear conservatory extension with demolition of garage (revision of P0169.17)
4 WALDEN WAY HORNCHURCH RM11 2LB
Received 11 May 2017 - Non standard decQ0040.17
Discharge of conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 of planning permission P1790.15
151 Balgores Lane ROMFORD RM2 6BT
Received 31 Mar 2017 - DOC Discharge PARTQ0091.19
Discharge of condition 6 (Landscape Plan), pursuant to application P0382.15 dated 8/4/2016.
26 Briar Road Romford RM3 8AP
Received 23 Apr 2019 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0797.16
Single storey front and rear extension and two storey side/rear extension to include x2no velux roof lights, and new front canopy
23 Judith Avenue Collier Row RM5 2PL
Received 23 May 2016 - ALL DECISIONS ISSUEDQ0107.23
Discharge of Conditions 3 &4 of P0062.23
76A Rainham Road Rainham RM13 7RL
Received 12 May 2023 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1288.16
Single storey rear extension and reconfiguration of internal layout.
58 Plumpton Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 6BD
Received 8 Aug 2016 - PP is required Conditions/ReasonsD0057.23
Certificate of lawfulness for loft conversion with rear dormer and roof lights.
268 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3BL
Received 10 Feb 2023 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0122.17
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed side garage.
7 Cranborne Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 2YT
Received 24 Mar 2017 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0204.19
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer, 2 no. roof lights to front and a window to side.
47 Cranston Park Avenue Upminster Essex RM14 3XD
Received 16 May 2019 - Lapsed applicationP1076.15
Change of Use of existing public house and ancillary residential to shops, restuarant and hotel with rear second floor and roof extension and ground floor retail units.
15 High Street Romford RM1 1JU
Received 23 Jul 2015 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0868.25
The proposal is for the increase in ridge height to provide first floor accommodation, including habitable loft with front rooflights, single / double storey front and side extension and single storey rear extension including habitable loft with front rooflights
39 Rowan Walk Hornchurch RM11 2JA
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1300.16
Conversion of a bedroom (bedroom 2 in flat 11) into an Estate Caretaker's Office.
Flat 11 Magnolia Court 31 Mawney Road Romford RM7 7HL
Received 6 Aug 2016 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0060.19
Single storey rear extension to include roof lantern and patio.
280 Pettits Lane North Romford RM1 4PJ
Received 14 Jan 2019 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP1242.18
Proposed side and rear extension to include roof lanterns, with loft conversion to include rear dormer.
94 Stafford Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2EP
Received 10 Aug 2018 - ALL DECISIONS ISSUEDQ0191.16
Discharge of condition 4 of P1922.15.
97 Abbs Cross Lane Hornchurch RM12 4XL
Received 25 Oct 2016 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1565.22
Part single, part two storey side extension, single storey rear extension, installation of front porch, conversion of garage to habitable use, hip to gable loft conversion including installation of 2 x rear dormers and front rooflights
72 Winchester Avenue Upminster RM14 3LR
Received 23 Sept 2022 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1999.17
Single storey rear extension
4 Portway RAINHAM RM13 7ER
Received 8 Dec 2017 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1721.17
Alterations to previously approved application P0548.16 for a two storey front and rear extension and single storey side extension, and loft conversion roof extension with rear dormer window and increase in height to main roof of dwelling.
4 Castellan Avenue Romford RM2 6EL
Received 18 Oct 2017 - Pr App Not Req'dY0293.18
Single storey rear extension with an overall depth of 5 metres, a maximum height of 3.1 metres, and an eaves height of 2.8 metres. (PRIOR APPROVAL) PLEASE NOTE CORRECTED SITE ADDRESS
59 The Drive Collier Row Romford RM5 3TR
Received 16 Aug 2018 - Pr App Not Req'dY0069.19
Single storey rear extension with an overall depth of 5.0 metres, a maximum height of 3.3 metres, and an eaves height of 3.0 metres. (PRIOR APPROVAL)
10 Esmond Close Rainham RM13 7EB
Received 8 Feb 2019 - UndecidedP1083.26
PROPOSED GABLE ROOF ON EXISTING FIRST FLOOR SIDE EXTENSION
58 Rush Green Road Romford RM7 0PS
Received 15 Sept 2026 - Tree Work App + Cond Conditions/ReasonsT0151.22
T1-Sycamore. Reduce Crown by 2M Rebalance crown to reshape crown to improve visual amenity. Remove Deadwood-Safety and removal of P&D. Raise Crown to allow access of large vehicles
The Forge Ockendon Road North Ockendon Upminster RM14 3PS
Received 15 Nov 2022
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What these statistics cover
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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