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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Edmund Road Rainham RM13 8LX
Received 12 Jul 201939 David Drive Harold Park Romford RM3 0YA
Received 5 Jul 201918 North Weald Close Hornchurch RM12 5AQ
Received 21 Oct 202434 Reed Pond Walk ROMFORD RM2 5PD
Received 30 May 201819 The Fairway Upminster RM14 1BS
Received 20 Jan 201615 Fanshawe Crescent Hornchurch RM11 2DD
Received 4 Apr 2023Land to the Rear of 157-159 North Street Romford RM1 1ED
Received 12 Feb 2024181 South Street Romford RM1 1PS
Received 18 Aug 201434 Victory Way Romford RM7 8PA
Received 29 Jul 201599 Clockhouse Lane Collier Row, Romford RM5 3QS
Received 19 Mar 20151 Broadway Gidea Park Essex RM2 5NS
Received 10 May 202419 Spencer Road Rainham RM13 8HD
Received 3 Dec 2024100 PARK DRIVE UPMINSTER RM14 3AT
Received 13 May 20245 Brook Road Romford RM2 5QS
Received 28 Jun 2016The Seedbed Centre, Unit E5 Davidson Way Romford RM7 0AZ
Received 21 Dec 202231 Wiltshire Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3DX
Received 25 Jun 202487 Coniston Avenue Upminster RM14 3XL
Received 6 Sept 201915 Heath Drive Romford RM2 5QH
Received 9 Feb 202688 Guysfield Drive Rainham RM13 7AL
Received 25 Feb 201614 Compton Avenue Romford
Received 23 May 201620 Brunel Close Romford RM1 4GR
Received 23 Nov 201871 Slewins Lane Hornchurch RM11 2BY
Received 5 Aug 201964 Penrith Road Harold Hill
Received 28 Feb 201468 Clockhouse Lane Romford RM5 3QS
Received 22 May 2015Records 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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