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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Jarvis Way Harold Wood ROMFORD RM3 0WT
Received 17 Jun 201624 LYNDHURST DRIVE HORNCHURCH RM11 1JY
Received 31 Jul 2018Car park associated with Chaucer House Jct of Western Road & Grimshaw Way Romford
Received 16 Oct 201792-94 North Street ROMFORD RM1 1DA
Received 10 Jan 2018265 MAWNEY ROAD ROMFORD RM7 8DS
Received 14 Apr 2026Harrow Lodge Park, Hornchurch Sports Centre Hornchurch Road Hornchurch RM11 1JU
Received 21 Aug 201981 Squirrels Heath Road Romford RM3 0LR
Received 10 Apr 20192 Harvard Walk Hornchurch RM12 4BB
Received 3 Apr 201829 Osborne Road HORNCHURCH RM11 1EX
Received 4 Oct 201734 Northumberland Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2HL
Received 16 Jan 20172 Recreation Avenue Harold Wood ROMFORD RM3 0TU
Received 21 Jun 201757 Slewins Lane HORNCHURCH RM11 2BZ
Received 27 Feb 201815 Margaret Close Romford RM2 5SJ
Received 3 May 202463a Catiline Court Main Road Romford Essex RM2 5EE
Received 11 Aug 2016Chilton North Road Romford RM4 1PX
Received 22 Jul 202537 Waldegrave Gardens Upminster RM14 1UT
Received 5 Nov 201596 Pettits Lane ROMFORD RM1 4ER
Received 7 Jul 2016167 Squirrels Heath Lane Hornchurch RM11 2DX
Received 9 Oct 20176 Blenheim Court Northolt Way Hornchurch RM12 5RX
Received 31 Oct 20175 Maple Close Hornchurch RM12 4QL
Received 23 Apr 201990 NEW ROAD RAINHAM RM13 8DB
Received 3 Jul 201975 Frederick Road Rainham RM13 8NS
Received 19 Oct 2018240 Mungo Park Road Rainham RM13 7PS
Received 25 Jan 202326 Walden Road Hornchurch RM11 2JT
Received 19 Feb 2026Records 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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