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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch Essex RM11 3TA
Received 2 Oct 201526 Crescent Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4ED
Received 15 Jul 2015131 Dorset Avenue Romford RM1 4JB
Received 20 Nov 201848 Dorset Avenue Romford RM1 4LP
Received 20 May 202640 Central Drive Hornchurch RM12 6AX
Received 29 Apr 201923 Ingrebourne Gardens Upminster RM14 1BQ
Received 29 Jun 2023Chalkfields Tomkyns Lane UPMINSTER RM14 1TP
Received 15 Jan 2018145 OSBORNE ROAD HORNCHURCH RM11 1HG
Received 20 Nov 201754 Ayr Way Romford RM1 4UH
Received 18 Jun 2019Harris Academy Rainham School, Lambs Lane South Rainham RM13 9XD
Received 27 Mar 202439 South Hall Drive Rainham
Received 21 Nov 201668 Faircross Avenue Romford RM5 3UB
Received 16 Jun 201666 Harold Court Road ROMFORD RM3 0LA
Received 18 Dec 201715 Priory Mews HORNCHURCH RM11 1DF
Received 16 Feb 2018176 Elm Park Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 4RY
Received 31 Aug 201673 Betterton Road Rainham RM13 8ND
Received 19 Jan 202620 Squirrels Heath Avenue Romford RM2 6AH
Received 10 May 2015Plot 8 Beam Reach 5 Consul Avenue Rainham
Received 6 Dec 201668 Woodhall Crescent Hornchurch RM11 3NZ
Received 22 Feb 201618 Abbey Wood Lane Rainham Essex RM13 9QH
Received 28 Jan 201414 Betterton Road Rainham RM13 8NA
Received 30 Apr 201945 Nelson Road RAINHAM RM13 8AU
Received 15 Jul 20168 Lodge Lane Romford RM5 2EJ
Received 23 Jul 201810 Princes Road ROMFORD RM1 2SR
Received 6 Oct 2017Records 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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