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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gallows Corner Southend Arterial Road Hornchurch RM3 0BX
Received 9 Oct 201842 Hog Hill Road Romford RM5 2DH
Received 26 Sept 2022Car Wash at 49, 49A, 49B, 49C and rear of 49 New Road RAINHAM RM13 8DY
Received 20 Apr 2026101 Woodfield Drive Romford RN2 5DD
Received 2 Jul 201524 Hawthorn Avenue Rainham RM13 9AT
Received 8 Oct 2024191 CHURCH ROAD ROMFORD RM3 0SA
Received 25 Jul 2023147 London Road Romford RM7 9QH
Received 13 Apr 201537 Penzance Gardens Romford RM3 9NP
Received 5 Aug 2025279-289 London Road Romford RM7 9NP
Received 23 May 202327 Epsom Way Hornchurch RM12 6DU
Received 6 Jan 201537 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 5JU
Received 26 Sept 202538A Station Road Upminster RM14 2TR
Received 15 Jan 202670 Manser Road Rainham RM13 8NL
Received 24 Aug 201813 The Arcade Harold Hill Romford RM3 8EH
Received 3 Feb 2016Corner Farm Fen Lane North Ockendon Upminster RM14 3RB
Received 9 Jul 202430 Station Lane Hornchurch RM12 6NJ
Received 20 Sept 20241A The Sheilings Hornchurch RM11 2QD
Received 14 Oct 202238 AVELON ROAD ROMFORD RM5 3XX
Received 8 Feb 20233 The Green, Wennington Rainham RM13 9DX
Received 2 Aug 20241 Jersey Road Land Adj to Rainham RM13 7DR
Received 2 Nov 2015Tesco Dagenham Depot, Beam Reach, Consul Ave, Consul Ave, Dagenham RM13 8GJ
Received 24 Jul 20244 The Drive, Harold Wood Romford RM3 0DU
Received 13 Sept 20234 Lighterman Road Rainham RM13 7BP
Received 13 Aug 201930 Crossways Romford RM2 6AL
Received 6 Mar 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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