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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1308.14
New shop front (black frames, laminated windows) Entrance door to be moved from middle to the left hand side Shutter
59 Station Road Upminster
Received 16 Sept 2014 - Pr App Refused Conditions/ReasonsY0165.18
Single storey rear extension with an overall depth of 6 metres, a maximum height of 3 metres, and an eaves height of 3 metres. (PRIOR APPROVAL)
183 Clockhouse Lane Collier Row Romford RM5 2TL
Received 8 May 2018 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0980.25
Part single storey and part 2 storey rear extensions
83 Waverley Crescent Romford RM3 8AJ
Received 23 Jul 2025 - Pr App Refused Conditions/ReasonsY0029.24
Single storey rear extension with an overall depth of 6m, a maximum height of 3.35m, and an eaves height of 3m. (PRIOR APPROVAL)
175 Hornchurch Road Hornchurch RM12 4TE
Received 8 Feb 2024 - ALL DECISIONS ISSUEDQ0232.23
Discharge of condition 2 of P1189.23 .
13 Arundel Road Romford RM3 0RX
Received 18 Oct 2023 - Enf Quashed + condsP1888.17
Change of use of land to a residential caravan site for 6 gypsy families, with a total of 6 caravans.
Willow tree Lodge (Land East of) Brookmans Park Drive Upminster RM14 1LW
Received 20 Nov 2017 - PP is required Conditions/ReasonsD0540.22
Certificate of Lawfulness for conversion of roof space to habitable use to include a rear dormer, front roof lights, and conversion of roof from hip to gable end, and single storey rear extension
20 Braemar Gardens Hornchurch RM11 3BP
Received 28 Oct 2022 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0290.26
Proposed replacement of UPVC conservatory roof to tiled mono pitched (existing base/walls/frames to remain)
31 Crossways Romford RM2 6AJ
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0202.14
Two storey side extension, with pitched roof over, and a single storey rear extension.
33 McIntosh Road Romford
Received 24 Feb 2014 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0930.25
Part single, part two storey rear extension
25 Halesworth Road Romford RM3 8QB
Received 11 Jul 2025 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1609.23
Single Storey Side Extension and patio to rear
42 Great Gardens Road Hornchurch RM11 2BA
Received 30 Oct 2023 - DOC Discharge PARTQ0149.14
Discharge of Condition 4 of L0005.08
The Grange Harold Wood Hospital Gubbins Lane Romford
Received 17 Jul 2014 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1057.17
Outline planning application for the demolition of all buildings and redevelopment of the site for residential use providing up to 110 units with ancillary car parking, landscaping and access
165-193 New Road Rainham RM13 8SH
Received 23 Jun 2017 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0787.18
Two storey side extension and single storey rear extension.
84 Riversdale Road ROMFORD RM5 2NS
Received 23 May 2018 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsN0010.15
Minor Amendment to P1524.13 - To revise the design of the first floor rear windows of both dwellings to remove the glazing bars
38 Corbets Tey Road (Rear of) Upminster RM14 2AD
Received 3 Mar 2015 - Apprv with Agreement Conditions/ReasonsP1079.19
Retrospective application for the retention of the new residential block comprising 6no. flats as a variation to planning permission P0015.17.
253 Chase Cross Road Romford RM5 3XS
Received 12 Jul 2019 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0843.25
Loft conversion incorporating a hip-to-gable roof alteration and the addition of two side dormers.
20 Recreation Avenue Romford RM3 0TJ
Received 23 Jun 2025 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1317.23
Two Storey Side, single storey rear, part first floor rear extension, additional roof space to be used for study. Erection of porch to front.
112 Dorset Avenue Romford RM1 4JB
Received 29 Aug 2023 - UndecidedP0955.26
Variation of condition No. 3 (Approved Plans) of planning permission ref: P1563.24 dated 31/01/2025 to amend the internal layout and move the utility to the right hand side (Variation of condition No.3 (Approved Plans) of planning permission P1563.24 dated 31/01/2025 to permit minor change to fenestration and the addition of solar panels (6x single storey, 5bed detached bungalows with bay windows at ground floor, habitable roof space, associated parking and amenity space))
Land North of 1 Pinewood Road Havering-atte-Bower Romford RM4 1PH
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0514.24
Single storey front extension (Retrospective)
The Squire, 290 North Street Romford RM5 3AB
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Pr App Given Conditions/ReasonsY0230.17
Single storey rear extension with an overall depth of 4.5m from the original rear wall, a maximum height of 3.3m and an eaves height of 2.95m(PRIOR APPROVAL)
22 Avenue Road Harold Wood Romford RM3 1SJ
Received 26 Jun 2017 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsN0067.17
Minor amendment to P1191.17 - reduce depth of single storey rear extension from 4m to 3m.
22 Melton Gardens ROMFORD RM1 2AS
Received 5 Sept 2017 - Approve no cons Conditions/ReasonsP1095.19
Proposed single storey side & rear extension
4 River Drive Upminster RM14 1AS
Received 11 Jul 2019 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0062.19
Certificate of Lawfulness for a hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer
119 The Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4JQ
Received 13 Feb 2019
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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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