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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Oldchurch Hospital Site Romford RM7 0BE
Received 29 Oct 2014The Oaks Broxhill Road Havering-atte-Bower ROMFORD RM4 1QJ
Received 12 Dec 2017Fairlawns Broxhill Road Havering-Atte-Bower Romford RM4 1QJ
Received 21 Jun 201990 Rainham Road Rainham RM13 7RJ
Received 6 Jul 202359 Tring Gardens Romford RM3 9EJ
Received 29 Mar 20178 Kersey Gardens Harold Wood RM3 0ER
Received 23 Dec 2016182-184 High Street Hornchurch RM12 6QP
Received 25 Jul 202525-29 Market Place Romford RM1 3AB
Received 24 Mar 201628 Derby Avenue Upminster Bridge RM14 2NR
Received 27 Jun 2018575 Upper Brentwood Road Romford RM2 6LH
Received 18 Mar 202623 NEWBURY GARDENS UPMINSTER RM14 2PS
Received 13 Jul 20183 Peony Road Harold Hill Romford RM3 7FJ
Received 8 Dec 202566 Central Drive Hornchurch RM12 6BA
Received 9 Sept 20152 Bowers Ayloffs Walk Hornchurch RM11 2RE
Received 17 Dec 202434 Beverley Gardens Hornchurch RM11 3PA
Received 2 Jul 2025Lexington Way Garage Block Lexington Way UPMINSTER RM14 1NW
Received 9 Dec 2016103 Eyhurst Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4NN
Received 3 Nov 20144 Dorset Avenue Romford RM1 4LP
Received 14 Oct 2024Land West of Benskins Lane Benskins Lane Noak Hill Romford RM4 1LB
Received 27 Aug 201430 Seabrook Gardens ROMFORD RM7 0EU
Received 2 May 201731 Springfield Gardens Upminster RM14 3EH
Received 23 Oct 20156 Gloucester Road Romford RM1 1QJ
Received 12 Aug 2015162 Alma Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6AT
Received 9 May 2017Lombard Court 16 Poplar Street Romford RM7 7EU
Received 21 Jul 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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