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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
90 Crow Lane Romford
Received 8 Aug 20131 Essex Gardens Hornchurch
Received 11 Aug 201423 Ramsden Drive ROMFORD RM5 2NL
Received 2 Jun 2016Evangelical Free Church Bridgwater Road ROMFORD RM3 7UA
Received 12 Apr 20174 Alexandra road Romford RM1 2DL
Received 21 Mar 201828 Meadow Road Romford RM7 0LP
Received 11 Apr 202335 Stanley Road North Rainham RM13 8AX
Received 23 May 20236 Stewart Avenue Upminster RM14 2AF
Received 12 Jan 202642 Woodbridge Lane Romford RM3 9JF
Received 24 Jun 2024291 GOODWOOD AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM12 6DD
Received 8 Dec 202329 Penzance Road Harold Hill RM3 9NR
Received 30 Jul 2015111 Camborne Avenue Romford RM3 8QP
Received 10 May 201820 Cardinal Way Rainham RM13 9RB
Received 24 May 2018189 High Street HORNCHURCH RM11 3XT
Received 1 Feb 2018187 Moor Lane Upminster RM14 1HN
Received 5 Aug 202646 Ravenscourt Drive Hornchurch RM12 6HL
Received 15 Sept 201963 Doncaster Way Upminster RM14 2PP
Received 24 Jun 201910 Moor Lane Upminster RM14 1EB
Received 23 Oct 2017105 Heron Way Upminster RM14 1EF
Received 12 Mar 201918 Nyth Close Upminster RM14 1RB
Received 5 Aug 2019Lexington Way Garage Block Lexington Way UPMINSTER RM14 1NW
Received 27 Sept 2017131 Gooshays Drive ROMFORD RM3 8AE
Received 8 Aug 201722 Mungo Park Road Rainham RM13 7PA
Received 14 Sept 201565 Wingletye Lane Hornhcurch Essex RM11 3AT
Received 16 Oct 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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