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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Grosvenor Drive Hornchurch RM11 1PH
Received 21 May 20255 Albert Mews Albert Road Romford RM1 2PD
Received 6 Feb 201473 Gelsthorpe Road Romford RM5 2LX
Received 23 Jun 2026121 North Street (The Chequers) Hornchurch RM11 1ST
Received 27 Jan 201534 Candover Road Hornchurch RM12 4TZ
Received 18 Aug 2026Former Amberley House New Road Rainham RM13 8QN
Received 4 Nov 201427 Tees Drive ROMFORD RM3 9AH
Received 2 Jan 2018Tesco Stores Ltd 300 Hornchurch Road Hornchurch Essex RM11 1PY
Received 5 Feb 201453 Wolseley Road Rush Green Romford
Received 12 Aug 2014Former Oldchurch Hospital Site Oldchurch Road RM7 0BE
Received 23 Jul 201524 Hazel Rise Hornchurch RM11 2AR
Received 21 May 201532 Woodhall Crescent Hornchurch RM11 3NW
Received 26 Apr 201822 Sudbury Close Romford RM3 9FL
Received 5 Sept 2024Ceme Innovation Centre Marsh Way Rainham RM13 8EU
Received 6 Aug 2025SCOTTISH MUTUAL HOUSE, 27-29 NORTH STREET HORNCHURCH RM11 1RS
Received 26 Mar 2024130 Squirrels Heath Road Harold Wood RM3 0LU
Received 18 May 20168 Cedar Road Hornchurch RM12 4YL
Received 10 Oct 2022236A Hornchurch Road Hornchurch RM11 1QB
Received 14 Dec 20181-3 WESTERN ROAD WESTERN ROAD ROMFORD RM1 3JP
Received 24 Jun 20197 Tern Gardens Upminster RM14 1ED
Received 4 Mar 201515 Mashiters Walk Romford RM1 4DA
Received 5 Jul 2023136 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 5JX
Received 14 Feb 202379 Birch Close Romford RM7 8EU
Received 8 Aug 2024157 Osborne Road Hornchurch
Received 19 Feb 2014Records 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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