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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 GREENWAY ROMFORD RM3 0HH
Received 27 Sept 2023Suttons Primary School Suttons Lane Hornchurch RM12 6RP
Received 4 Oct 2016Land to the East of Warley Substation Clay Tye Road Upminste Land to the East of Warley Substation Clay Tye Road Upminster RM14 3PL
Received 15 May 20242 Athelstan Road Harold Wood
Received 1 Dec 20148 Finucane Gardens Rainham RM13 7QA
Received 16 Apr 2026Clockhouse Primary School Clockhouse Lane ROMFORD RM5 3QR
Received 3 Aug 2016Creek Way Rainham
Received 18 Oct 2017107A Hillview Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2DJ
Received 27 Nov 20231 Princes Road Romford RM1 2SR
Received 29 Sept 202614 Craigdale Road Hornchurch RM11 1AE
Received 21 Nov 2024Phoenix House 102-106 South Street Romford RM1 1RX
Received 1 Feb 201825 Netherpark Drive Romford RM2 5RJ
Received 28 May 2026Land to the South of St Mary's Lane Upminster RM14 2QH
Received 30 Jan 201765 Frederick Road Rainham RM13 8NS
Received 1 Dec 202232 Ingrebourne Gardens Upminster RM14 1BQ
Received 28 Apr 201585 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LP
Received 27 Sept 201859 Newmarket Way Hornchurch RM12 6DS
Received 20 Jul 2019103 Shepherds Hill Romford RM3 0NP
Received 24 Mar 20191 Drummond Road Romford RM7 7EJ
Received 31 Oct 201616 Thorncroft HORNCHURCH RM11 1EU
Received 19 Sept 201737 Wallenger Avenue Romford RM2 6EP
Received 23 May 201835 Belmont Road Hornchurch RM12 4NT
Received 2 Apr 201594 Swanbourne Drive Hornchurch RM12 6RE
Received 16 Sept 2019Willow Tree Lodge Brooksman Park Drive Front Lane Upminster RM14 1LW
Received 4 May 2016Records 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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