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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Greyhound Grove Upminster RM14 3EQ
Received 23 Jun 20267 Epsom Way Hornchurch RM12 6DU
Received 16 Jul 202619 The Mall Hornchurch RM11 1FS
Received 28 May 2015120 Chatteris Avenue Romford RM3 8EU
Received 11 Aug 201811 Wilfred Avenue Rainham RM13 9TX
Received 15 Jul 2022School House Lowen Road Rainham RM13 8QR
Received 4 Dec 202337 Blacksmiths Lane Rainham RM13 7AD
Received 12 Feb 201673 Maybank Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5SH
Received 5 Feb 201944 Broadhurst Walk Rainham RM13 7HH
Received 3 Mar 2026Lexington Way Garage Block Lexington Way UPMINSTER RM14 1NW
Received 11 Oct 2016Abbotsford Nursing Home 21 Gilbert Road ROMFORD RM1 3BX
Received 22 Aug 2016Emerson Park School Wych Elm Road Hornchurch RM11 3AD
Received 14 Aug 201910 Denholme Walk Rainham RM13 7LT
Received 31 Aug 2023247 CROW LANE ROMFORD RM7 0HA
Received 23 Sept 201970 Primrose Glen Hornchurch RM11 2NP
Received 24 May 202428 Acacia Drive Upminster RM14 2LJ
Received 8 Feb 2024Havering College Of Further And Higher Education Tring Gardens Romford RM3 9ES
Received 5 Jan 2023Hunts Hill Farm Aveley Road Upminster RM14 2TG
Received 25 Jul 201832 Sheila Road Romford RM5 2NU
Received 8 Aug 2024Emerys Poultry Farm, Tomkyns Lane Upminster RM14 1TP
Received 22 Jan 2024Mowbrays Close Garage Block Mowbrays Close Romford RM5 3HJ
Received 5 Dec 202353 Mawney Road Romford RM7 7HL
Received 22 May 202648 Belgrave Avenue Romford RM2 6QA
Received 2 Jun 201683 Parkland Avenue UPMINSTER RM14 2EU
Received 31 Jul 2017Records 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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