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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
Havering planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates27,806Searchable applications
455Recorded as pending
18%Approval rate · 4,715 approved or refused records
3,850Refused applications
865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Planning pre-application adviceArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanningvalidations@havering.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@havering.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas11 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0391.18
Certificate of Lawfulness for a loft conversion with rear dormer and 2No. front rooflight windows.
54 Paines Brook Way Romford RM3 9JS
Received 12 Oct 2018 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0536.17
Double storey side extension, and single storey front extension
1 Pentire Close Cranham RM14 1QJ
Received 28 Mar 2017 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0505.18
Loft conversion to include hip to gable roof alteration, rear dormer and front roof lights.
102 CRANSTON PARK AVENUE UPMINSTER RM14 3XH
Received 3 Apr 2018 - Apprv with Agreement Conditions/ReasonsP0248.15
Erection of 1no. two-bedroom part single storey and basement dwelling with on site parking.
171 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2NP
Received 25 Feb 2015 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0200.23
Single storey extensions to side and rear and works to roof including hip-to-gable loft conversion, rear dormer extension, roof windows and solar panels.
55 Eversleigh Gardens Upminster RM14 1DP
Received 6 Feb 2023 - Refuse (Appealed) Conditions/ReasonsP1089.25
Siting of seven additional mobile homes along the eastern and rear boundaries of the site and the retention of six existing mobile homes in connection with the change of use of the site for residential purposes. The development includes improvements to the internal roadway/landscaping.
Gravelpit, 1 Gerpins Lane Upminster RM14 2XR
Received 19 Aug 2025 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP2082.17
Proposed single storey rear extension
25 King Edward Avenue RAINHAM RM13 9RH
Received 21 Dec 2017 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0262.23
Certificate of Lawfulness for roof profile change from hip to gable, loft conversion with rear dormer and front skylights
214 London Road Romford RM7 9ER
Received 7 Jun 2023 - Pr App Not Req'dY0372.22
Single storey rear extension with an overall depth of 4.5m, a maximum height of 3m, and an eaves height of 3m. (PRIOR APPROVAL)
130 Upminster Road South Rainham RM13 9AB
Received 25 Nov 2022 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0722.19
Ground floor rear/first floor side extensions & hip to gable end loft conversion with 3 No rear dormer windows
17 Oaklands Avenue Romford rm1 4db
Received 2 May 2019 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1501.19
Replacement windows & doors
19 Risebridge Road Gidea Park Romford
Received 25 Sept 2019 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP1928.22
Variation of Condition No. 5 of Planning Permission Ref L0010.14 dated 09/04/2015 to amend the wording to include "The finishes should be applied to allow the original covering to be applied, if necessary, at any time in the future" (Listed building consent for demolition of later additions to the Grade II listed building; erection of two 2-storey side extensions; alterations to existing roof involving infilling of hidden valley and installation of glazed lantern; internal alterations to facilitate the conversion of the building into seven apartments; provision of car parking, cycle and refuse stores; and formation of access drive to rear and construction of two 2-storey 5-bed detached dwellings with car parking.)
2 Convent Close Upminster RM14 2FA
Received 25 Nov 2022 - Approve no cons Conditions/ReasonsN0004.15
Minor amendment to P1562.14 - The proposed lobby construction is to be reduced in size. The rear kitchen extension finish is to be altered to a painted render finish and the access door profile is slightly altered
124 Ardleigh Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2SH
Received 19 Jan 2015 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1546.16
ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY OUTBUILDING.
366 Upminster Road North RAINHAM RM13 9RZ
Received 22 Sept 2016 - Prior App COU Given Conditions/ReasonsJ0034.25
Conversion of office building Class E into residential Class C3 to create 47 new dwelling units
Queens Court 9-17 Eastern Road Romford RM1 3NH
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1001.14
Single storey rear extension with flat roof.
167 Harwood Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2NZ
Received 23 Jul 2014 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1442.23
Part-Retrospective application for First Floor Rear Extension
95-103 Upminster Road South Rainham RM13 9AA
Received 19 Sept 2023 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0718.25
2-storey, 3-bed dwelling with associated parking, cycle storage and amenity space, and extension of vehicular crossover.
34 Thameshill Avenue Romford RM5 3BU
Received 29 May 2025 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1203.24
Conversion of roof from hipped to gabled end and single storey side/rear extension with a side dormer and canopy
36 Betterton Road Rainham RM13 8NB
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1135.25
Erection of 2 x semi-detached, two-storey dwellings with associated amenity space, bin/cycle storage and landscaping following demolition of existing bungalow
23 South Street Rainham RM13 8PJ
Received 29 Aug 2025 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0587.16
Construction of a timber framed enclosure within an enclosed yard area to protect motorcycles from the elements
251 London Road Romford RM7 9NJ
Received 10 May 2016 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1319.18
Retrospective planning application for pergola in the rear garden.
41 Victory Way Romford RM7 8PA
Received 26 Aug 2018 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0722.17
Single Storey Rear Extension
91 Harlow Road RAINHAM RM13 7UA
Received 28 Apr 2017 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1425.22
Erection of a two storey 2-bed terrace house with associated parking and amenity space involving alterations to existing dwelling
190 PARKSIDE AVENUE ROMFORD RM1 4NP
Received 1 Sept 2022
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What these statistics cover
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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