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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rear of 1-1A Appleby Drive Romford RM3 7SP
Received 17 Jul 2018174 St Mary's Lane UPMINSTER RM14 3BT
Received 16 Nov 201779 - 81 Christchurch Avenue Rainham RM13 8JA
Received 25 Nov 2015Belle Vue, Lower Bedfords Road Romford RM1 4DQ
Received 17 Oct 2024First Floor 13 Bridge Close ROMFORD RM7 0AU
Received 26 Oct 201719 Highfield Close ROMFORD RM5 3RX
Received 6 Mar 2017236 Hornchurch Road Romford RM11 1QB
Received 22 Dec 201738 St Andrews Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5DT
Received 19 Aug 201536 Hillview Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2DW
Received 15 Apr 2019261 Front Lane Upminster RM14 1LH
Received 9 Jul 2025The Brewery Romford RM1 1AU
Received 28 Nov 2024Plot 45 Ferry Lane (formerly Beam reach Plot 8) Rainham
Received 24 Nov 202357 Hacton Drive Hornchurch RM12 6DL
Received 5 Dec 2024217 Warren Drive Hornchurch RM12 4PL
Received 21 Oct 2025Pioneer House North Street Hornchurch RM11 1QZ
Received 30 May 2017119 Front Lane Upminster RM14 1XN
Received 6 Feb 202339 Harrow Crescent Romford RM3 7AA
Received 17 Jul 201951 Nelmes Crescent HORNCHURCH RM11 2PX
Received 13 Nov 201796 Harrow Drive HORNCHURCH RM11 1NX
Received 30 Jan 201714 Waverley Road Rainham RM13 9ND
Received 16 Mar 2015Carrie's Hall 10 Maybank Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5SB
Received 24 Oct 2022136A South Street Romford RM1 1TE
Received 8 Jul 20269 Collerne Street Romford RM3 9FE
Received 25 Mar 2024233 Hornchurch Road Hornchurch RM12 4TG
Received 20 Jun 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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