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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33-37 Corbets Tey Road (The Crumpled Horn PH) Upminster RM14 2AJ
Received 27 Mar 2015261 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3BT
Received 23 May 201914 Ethelburga Road Romford RM3 0QP
Received 10 Feb 202689 Frederick Road Rainham RM13 8NS
Received 17 May 2024199 Cherry Tree Lane Rainham RM13 8TU
Received 6 Apr 2018126 Howard Road Upminster RM14 2UU
Received 20 Apr 201879 Copperfields Way ROMFORD RM3 0XE
Received 9 Feb 201714 Takeley Close ROMFORD RM5 3PX
Received 31 Jul 2017(Briar Site 6C)Open space adj to 45 & 46 Lucerne Way Coltsfoot Path Romford
Received 4 Oct 201315 Station Parade Elm Park Hornchurch RM12 5AB
Received 31 Jan 2019Albright Industrial Estate, Unit 5A Ferry Lane Rainham RM13 9BU
Received 1 Mar 20191 Edenhall Close Romford RM3 7RU
Received 23 May 2018Land Adj 22 Clovelly Gardens Romford RM7 8NP
Received 5 Jun 202640 Dymoke Road Hornchurch RM11 1AA
Received 25 Nov 202423 Broadstone Road Hornchurch RM12 4AH
Received 2 Mar 2026Rise Park Infant School Annan Way Romford
Received 23 Apr 2013109 Wennington Road Rainham RM13 9TH
Received 14 May 2018404 Rainham Road Rainham RM13 7LJ
Received 6 Jun 202377 Elmhurst Drive HORNCHURCH RM11 1NZ
Received 5 Jul 2016Brookes Trading Estate Units 9 -11 Lyon Road Romford RM1 2AT
Received 28 Nov 202260 St Lawrence Road Upminster RM14 2UW
Received 15 May 201522 Birch Road Romford RM7 8EP
Received 24 Sept 201917 Newmarket Way HORNCHURCH RM12 6DR
Received 11 Dec 2017Harold Hill Library Hilldene Avenue Romford RM3 8DJ
Received 5 Jul 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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