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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Forbes Close Hornchurch RM11 1FD
Received 28 Sept 2022Quaker Meeting House 7 Balgores Crescent Gidea Park Romford RM2 6AB
Received 3 Feb 2017209 Lodge Lane Romford RM5 2LB
Received 25 Nov 202484-88 High Street Hornchurch RM12 4UH
Received 3 Dec 202538 FRY CLOSE ROMFORD RM5 2QE
Received 4 Sept 2023Four Oaks The Chase Upminster RM14 3YB
Received 21 Aug 201728 Dewsbury Road Romford RM3 8DW
Received 16 Oct 202632 Betterton Road Rainham RM13 8NB
Received 4 Jun 2025112 Squirrels Heath Lane Hornchurch RM11 2DY
Received 31 May 2018175 Parkside Avenue Romford RM1 4NL
Received 8 Jun 2016100 Lodge Avenue Romford RM2 5AJ
Received 18 Dec 202558 Heath Drive Romford RM2 5QR
Received 6 Mar 201889 Links Avenue Romford RM2 6NH
Received 27 Feb 202613 Freeman Way Emerson Park Hornchurch RM11 3PH
Received 22 May 201876 Warren Drive Hornchurch RM12 4QX
Received 5 Sept 2018The Liberty Shopping Centre Romford
Received 24 Sept 202533 Ayr Way Rise Park, Romford RM1 4UH
Received 25 Sept 201421 Tyle Green Hornchurch RM11 2TB
Received 11 Aug 20253 Elm Parade Shops, St Nicholas Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4RH
Received 1 Sept 20231 Rose Cottage 1 Hollywell Grove Hornchurch RM12 4FT
Received 9 May 2017201 Marlborough Road Romford RM7 8AP
Received 14 May 2026Abbs Cross School Abbs Cross Lane Hornchurch RM12 4YB
Received 13 Sept 202330 Elms Close Hornchurch RM11 1GN
Received 23 Sept 2014139 Cherry Tree Lane Rainham RM13 8TT
Received 16 Jan 2026Records 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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