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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Neopost House South Street Romford RM1 2AR
Received 16 Nov 2018Moat Barn Church Lane North Ockendon Upminster RM14 3QH
Received 1 Dec 2017196 Abbs Cross Lane Hornchurch RM12 4XR
Received 12 Dec 2018Fernside House Broxhill Road Romford RM4 1QH
Received 23 Feb 2026207 Collier Row Lane Romford RM5 3JA
Received 7 Aug 2025Drapers Academy, Settle Road Romford RM3 9XR
Received 15 Jul 202565 Kenilworth Gardens Hornchurch RM12 4SF
Received 14 Oct 202528 Springfield Gardens Upminster RM14 3EJ
Received 28 Nov 202342 STRAIGHT ROAD ROMFORD RM3 8AA
Received 20 Jun 2023113 Moor Lane Upminster RM14 1HE
Received 30 Dec 202473 Upminster Road Hornchurch RM11 3XA
Received 11 Jan 20178 Sunningdale Road Rainham RM13 7BD
Received 2 Aug 202319 Nelwyn Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2PY
Received 22 Mar 202382 Corbets Tey Road Upminster RM14 2BA
Received 21 Dec 2015Millstone House 80 St Mary's Lane Upminster RM14 2QH
Received 15 Aug 2019129 Ingrebourne Gardens Upminster RM14 1BJ
Received 5 Jan 201536 Greenway ROMFORD RM3 0HH
Received 17 Mar 201756 Spencer Road Rainham RM13 8HB
Received 6 Feb 20232 Rosedale Road ROMFORD RM1 4QS
Received 12 Jul 201672 Park End Road ROMFORD RM1 4AU
Received 26 Jan 201772 Harrow Drive HORNCHURCH RM11 1NX
Received 20 Sept 201635 Haynes Road Hornchurch RM11 2HS
Received 23 Apr 202473 DERHAM GARDENS UPMINSTER RM14 3HB
Received 23 Apr 20187A NELMES ROAD HORNCHURCH RM11 3JA
Received 10 Jan 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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