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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Finucane Gardens Rainham RM13 7QA
Received 22 Jul 202553 Heron Way Cranham RM14 1EW
Received 8 Feb 201942 Coronation Drive HORNCHURCH RM12 5BT
Received 8 Jun 201611 Nelmes Road (Land Adjacent) Hornchurch RM11 3HX
Received 18 Nov 201510 Robinson Close Hornchurch RM12 5AR
Received 12 Aug 202467-71 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2LT
Received 24 Jun 20249 Barnstaple Road ROMFORD RM3 7SS
Received 18 Aug 2016162 Clockhouse Lane Romford RM5 2TJ
Received 26 Feb 2024Unit 10d Rear Of Noakes Cafe New Road Rainham RM13 9EB
Received 29 Nov 201828C Cardinal Way RAINHAM RM13 9RB
Received 26 Jul 20172A Smart Close Romford RM3 7BP
Received 17 Mar 2016Warehouse Rear Of 1-6 The Broadway
Received 17 Apr 2026228 St Marys Lane Upminster RM14 3DH
Received 25 Feb 20265 Broadway Gidea Park Romford RM2 5NS
Received 26 Jun 201749 St Mary's Lane Upminster RM14 2QU
Received 16 Oct 201821 Nelson Road Rainham RM13 8AU
Received 8 Apr 20245 Tay Way Romford RM1 4XP
Received 16 Sept 201930 LEASWAY UPMINSTER RM14 3AJ
Received 29 Aug 2023Havering Sixth Form College Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3TB
Received 31 Oct 201449-51 Gaynes Park Road UPMINSTER RM14 2HL
Received 17 May 201735 Frederick Road Rainham RM13 8NJ
Received 26 Jun 201519 Victoria Road P B C Installations Ltd ROMFORD RM1 2JT
Received 8 Aug 2017475 Upper Brentwood Road ROMFORD RM2 6JX
Received 28 Nov 201626 Nelwyn Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2PZ
Received 1 Feb 2016Records 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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