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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Gordon Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4EB
Received 4 Aug 202628 Kingston Road Romford RM1 3NB
Received 26 May 201662 Dagenham Road Romford RM7 0BX
Received 18 Sept 2024107 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4ER
Received 24 Dec 202411 RAVENSBOURNE CRESCENT ROMFORD RM3 0UD
Received 24 Mar 202326 Queens Gardens Cranham RM14 1NG
Received 20 Feb 2015Land to the rear of 9-11 Elm Road, Romford RM7 8HH, also to be known as 1-7 (Cons) Chrome Mews, Romford RM7 8EN
Received 20 May 20262A ASHBURNHAM GARDENS UPMINSTER RM14 1XA
Received 2 May 2018209 Southend Arterial Road Hornchurch RM11 2SF
Received 11 Sept 202415 Ambleside Avenue HORNCHURCH RM12 5ES
Received 24 Nov 2016Frances Bardsley School For Girls Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2RR
Received 13 Jan 202666 Coniston Avenue Upminster
Received 25 Feb 20145 Sunrise Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4YS
Received 19 Mar 202618 Tyle Green HORNCHURCH RM11 2TB
Received 5 Dec 201624 Severn Drive Upminster RM14 1SW
Received 30 Sept 2014Dovers Corner Industrial Estate New Road Rainham RM13 8QT
Received 13 Jul 2018144 Stanley Road Hornchurch RM12 4JW
Received 3 Apr 20255 Pett Close Hornchurch RM11 1FF
Received 27 Apr 2018Four Oaks The Chase UPMINSTER RM14 3YB
Received 30 Jul 2018Jobbers Rest St Mary's Lane Upminster RM14 3LT
Received 1 Feb 2017Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College Abbs Cross Lane Hornchurch Romford RM12 4YB
Received 16 Jul 201519 Clayton Avenue Upminster RM14 2EZ
Received 7 Aug 2015Pavement to Front of Romford Railway Station, South Street Romford RM1 2AP
Received 27 Jan 2023Outside 105 South Street Romford RM1 1NX
Received 14 Aug 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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