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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Squirrels Heath Avenue Romford RM2 6AH
Received 27 Sept 201842A South Street Romford RM1 1RB
Received 9 May 202341 Burnway Hornchurch RM11 3SN
Received 31 May 201610 & 15 BOWER CLOSE ROMFORD RM5 3SR
Received 18 Aug 20224 Edridge Close HORNCHURCH RM12 6RB
Received 1 Feb 201756 Waldegrave Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 1UX
Received 14 Sept 2016Hogbar Farm, Hogbar Farm East Fairhill Rise & Vinegar Hill Grove Caravan Park Lower Bedfords Road, Romford RM1 4DQ
Received 4 Apr 2022Pavement to front of 144 South Street Romford RM1 1SX
Received 27 Jan 2023131 Shepherds Hill Romford RM3 0NR
Received 6 Jan 201755 Heaton Close Romford RM3 7HP
Received 30 May 20181 Wakerfield Close Hornchurch RM11 2TH
Received 27 Aug 202431 Gooshays Drive Romford RM3 8PT
Received 6 May 202663 Northumberland Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2HN
Received 13 Apr 202628 Kingsmead Avenue Romford RM1 2BT
Received 29 Jun 201711 Mersey Avenue Upminster RM14 1RA
Received 18 May 201687 Wood Lane Elm Park Hornchurch RM12 5JB
Received 18 Nov 201625 Hill Rise Upminster
Received 27 Nov 201415 Mawney Road Romford RM7 7HL
Received 2 Apr 202427 The Mall Hornchurch RM11 1FS
Received 9 Jul 202475 Frinton Road Romford RM5 2EL
Received 15 Nov 201826 Gubbins Lane Romford RM3 0QA
Received 1 Feb 201732 Chestnut Glen Hornchurch RM12 4HL
Received 30 Jan 202313 Warrington Gardens Hornchurch RM11 2AG
Received 4 Apr 201651 Dunedin Road Rainham RM13 8LA
Received 8 Jun 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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