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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 5JU
Received 14 Jul 2024Whitepost Farm Ockendon Road Upminster RM14 3PP
Received 30 Apr 20257 The Rodings Cranham RM14 1RL
Received 15 May 201791 Front Lane Cranham
Received 19 Feb 2014211 Main Road Romford RM2 6NP
Received 20 Apr 2015102 Eyhurst Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4RA
Received 20 Oct 201614 Douglas Road Hornchurch
Received 18 Feb 201477 Bruce Avenue Hornchurch
Received 3 May 201630 Charlotte Gardens Romford RM5 2ED
Received 14 Dec 202313 Dalewood Close HORNCHURCH RM11 3PJ
Received 17 May 2017178 Crow Lane Romford RM7 0ES
Received 21 Dec 2022222 High Street Hornchurch RM12 6QP
Received 18 Jun 2024Verve Apartments, 5 Mercury Gardens Romford RM1 3FD
Received 5 Oct 2026107 South End Road Rainham RM13 7XS
Received 21 Nov 202428 Clitheroe Road ROMFORD RM5 2SL
Received 20 Feb 201811 Vine Street ROMFORD RM7 7LH
Received 21 Dec 2016294 Petersfield Avenue Romford RM3 9XA
Received 13 Apr 201664 Farnes Drive Romford RM2 6NT
Received 1 Dec 202526 Highview Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 2YZ
Received 14 Apr 201610 Maclennan Avenue Rainham RM13 9SS
Received 28 Sept 201620 Edison Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4DX
Received 3 Nov 2016Chelsworth Heaton Grange Road ROMFORD RM2 5PP
Received 21 Sept 20174 Meadowlands Hornchurch RM11 3JX
Received 17 Feb 202652 Chelmsford Drive Upminster RM14 2PB
Received 15 Apr 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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