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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Oaks Broxhill Road Havering-Atte-Bower Romford RM4 1QJ
Received 17 May 201955 Kenilworth Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4SF
Received 31 Oct 2023126 Stanley Avenue Romford RM2 5DA
Received 12 Dec 2016Rainham Hall Broadway Rainham RM13 9YN
Received 18 Jun 201516 Northwood Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4PX
Received 19 Aug 201920 Great Nelmes Chase Hornchurch RM11 2PT
Received 20 Jul 20236 Wych Elm Road Hornchurch RM11 3AA
Received 9 Apr 20242 Brooklands Road Romford RM7 7DX
Received 6 Aug 201822 Amersham Road ROMFORD RM3 9JJ
Received 18 Aug 2017113 Lodge Avenue Romford RM2 5AD
Received 16 Aug 202314 Emerson Drive Hornchurch RM11 1XH
Received 28 Feb 201952 Herbert Road Hornchurch RM11 3LJ
Received 5 Oct 2023137 Montgomery Crescent ROMFORD RM3 7UX
Received 10 Aug 201726 Grosvenor Drive Hornchurch RM11 1PN
Received 29 Jul 201531 Argyle Gardens Upminster RM14 3HD
Received 30 Jun 20231 River Close Rainham Essex RM13 9HR
Received 6 Oct 2022Ravenscourt Nursing Home 111/113 Station Lane Hornchurch RM12 6HT
Received 29 Mar 2018The Ardleigh 124 Ardleigh Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2SH
Received 12 Nov 201425 Ernest Road Hornchurch RM11 3JG
Received 20 Jun 202460 Shaftesbury Road Romford RM1 2QJ
Received 17 Dec 2025SERGO Park Rainham Phase3(Beam Reach 6) Courier Road Rainham
Received 30 Aug 2018Unit 4 Fairview Industrial Estate, Marsh Way Rainham RM13 8UH
Received 10 Jul 202582 BRIDGE AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 2LR
Received 22 Jan 20264 Arundel Road Romford RM3 0RT
Received 17 Dec 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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