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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/ReasonsD0393.25
Certificate of lawfulness for the construction of a proposed 6m single storey extension following the demolition of the existing side/rear extension & outbuilding (following prior approval reference Y0186.25 dated 08-08-25).
69 Calbourne Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5BH
Received 12 Aug 2025 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1271.23
New front porch, single storey rear extension and part demolition of existing detached garage
269 Carter Drive Romford RM5 2TT
Received 16 Aug 2023 - Approve no cons Conditions/ReasonsN0002.26
Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission Ref: P0147.18 dated 05/10/2018 to allow for an amendment to the Decision Notice to include a standard plan compliance condition (Proposed side and rear extension with roof alterations. Change of use to form A2 (Office) and A1 (Retail) at ground floor. Formation of 6no. bedroom HMO over first and second floors)
Radiantlife House, 183A Cherry Tree Lane Rainham RM13 8TU
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0265.18
Demolition of existing conservatory and replace with single storey rear/side extension.
257 Marks Road ROMFORD RM7 7AL
Received 23 Feb 2018 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsE0017.11
Certificate of Lawfulness for construction of a dwelling
Willow Tree Lodge Brookmans Park Drive Cranham Upminster
Received 17 Nov 2011 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0073.15
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed single storey rear extension following Prior Approval Y0036.15 and a detached outbuilding in the garden area
3 Argus Close Romford RM7 8NJ
Received 23 Mar 2015 - WithdrawnP1876.17
Re-application of No. P0535 for Two Storey Rear Extension (with revised size/design)
6 Meadway ROMFORD RM2 5NU
Received 15 Nov 2017 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsN0032.26
Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission Ref: P0390.26 dated 02/06/2026 to allow for replacement of the approved rear ground floor central window with a single door. (First floor rear infill extension and new roof over including loft conversion, rear solar panels, front and rear roof lights with alterations to ground floor rear fenestration)
384 Upminster Road North Rainham RM13 9RZ
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1346.17
Retrospective permission for a block built garden store
15 Clovelly Gardens ROMFORD RM7 8NP
Received 9 Aug 2017 - Apprv with Agreement Conditions/ReasonsP0671.18
Conversion of ground floor A1 shop and five-bedroom dwelling to 1no. three-bedroom house and 1no. two-bedroom house and erection of a first floor side/rear extension.
41 Lichfield Terrace Upminster RM14 3JX
Received 4 May 2018 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0806.16
Proposed loft conversion to include front and rear dormers, and single storey side/rear extension to include garage conversion
4 Willow Walk UPMINSTER RM14 1XH
Received 31 May 2016 - ALL DECISIONS ISSUEDQ0016.26
Discharge of Condition 27 (NRMM) of application reference P1463.24, for the Demolition and removal of all structures and hardstanding and construction of 34 residential dwellings, creation of a new access, with car parking, landscaping and related infrastructure, including a new substation.
Car Park Adjacent 30 Dorrington Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4HX
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1144.18
Proposed side extension and garage.
4A Penrith Crescent Rainham RM13 7QB
Received 24 Jul 2018 - ALL DECISIONS ISSUEDQ0183.24
Extension and change of use of existing office building to residential use and construction of a two storey building to provide 8 apartments (1 No. x 3 bedroom, 6 No. x 2 bedroom & 1 No. x 1 bedroom) with private and communal amenity spaces, onsite parking, new boundary wall and cycle and bin storage. P0284.24 Conditions(s) 3 CMS 4 Materials 7 Fences 8 Bin Store 9 Cycle Store 10 External Lighting 11 Privacy Screening 15 Phase 1 desktop study 25 Landscaping
64 Station Lane Hornchurch RM12 6NB
Received 23 Aug 2024 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0131.16
First floor side and front extension with conversion of garage
29 St Leonards Way Hornchurch RM11 1FP
Received 26 Jan 2016 - DOC Discharge FULLQ0202.19
Discharge of condition 3 (materials) pursuant to application P1200.18
3 Lennox Close Romford RM1 2EX
Received 25 Jul 2019 - Refuse (Appealed) Conditions/ReasonsP1404.17
Proposed new 2 bedroom house attached to side of existing semi detached house
7 Dunedin Road RAINHAM RM13 8LA
Received 22 Aug 2017 - UndecidedY0230.26
Single storey rear extension with an overall depth of 5.50m, a maximum height of 2.97m, and an eaves height of 2.94m. (PRIOR APPROVAL)
47 Hazelmere Gardens Hornchurch RM11 2AS
Received 7 Oct 2026 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0798.26
Single storey rear, side and front extension with porch
423 Rush Green Road Romford RM7 0NH
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP1456.24
Removal of internal load bearing wall studs
1 Rose Cottages, Noak Hill Road, Romford RM3 7LT
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0749.15
Proposed two storey side extension
198 Corbets Tey Road Upminster RM14 2BJ
Received 7 Jul 2015 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1359.18
SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION & RAISED PATIO/STEPS
7 Meadowside Road Upminster RM14 3YT
Received 4 Sept 2018 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP1496.18
Proposed new hardstanding and vehicular access
24 Waycross Road Upminster RM14 1LY
Received 3 Oct 2018 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0053.19
Proposed ground floor rear extension.
327 London Road Romford RM7 9NS
Received 11 Jan 2019
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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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