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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Aldergrove Walk Hornchurch RM12 6NT
Received 24 Nov 201451 New Zealand Way Rainham RM13 8JP
Received 22 May 201824 & 26 Dunmow Drive Rainham RM13 7UD
Received 10 Jan 2019113 Hacton Lane HORNCHURCH RM14 2NL
Received 31 May 2016172-174 South Street Romford RM1 1TR
Received 9 Jun 20231 Amanda Mews Romford RM7 7BL
Received 11 Mar 2026Unit B Eastern Avenue Retail Park Eastern Avenue Romford RM7 7JN
Received 27 Sept 201635 Milton Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 4BN
Received 1 Nov 2016134 London Road Romford RM7 9QU
Received 22 May 2019Hall Rear Of 54 Western Road Romford RM1 3LP
Received 10 Dec 201821 Deere Avenue RAINHAM RM13 7JH
Received 3 Jan 20171 Woodcote Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 4PY
Received 9 Jun 201657 Rutland Drive Hornchurch RM11 3EW
Received 24 May 202359 Newmarket Way Hornchurch RM12 6DS
Received 27 Jun 2018Dewsbury Road Garage Block Dewsbury Road ROMFORD RM3 8DW
Received 24 Apr 201715 Bridport Avenue Romford RM7 9HL
Received 13 Jul 20261 Jutsums Court Jutsums Lane Romford RM7 9HB
Received 5 Oct 2023273 CORBETS TEY ROAD UPMINSTER RM14 2BT
Received 7 Mar 201876 Eastern Avenue East ROMFORD RM1 4DT
Received 14 Mar 2018Harold Hill Library, Hilldene Avenue Romford RM3 8DJ
Received 9 Feb 2024306 Wennington Road Rainham RM13 9UX
Received 11 Apr 2019Vinegar Hill Grove Caravan Park, Caravan 2 Lower Bedfords Road Romford RM1 4DQ
Received 12 Aug 202610 Balgores Square Gidea Park Romford RM2 6AU
Received 15 Dec 2017Hornchurch Service Station Southend Arterial Road Hornchurch RM11 2SE
Received 13 Jun 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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