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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Laburnham Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 1HU
Received 22 Sept 201789 Park Lane Hornchurch RM11 1BH
Received 30 Dec 20246 Bridge Avenue Upminster RM14 2LX
Received 1 May 201828 Rosewood Avenue Hornchurch RM12 5LH
Received 3 Oct 202293 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3AT
Received 14 Jun 2024Land to the North of New Road New Road Rainham RM13 9PN
Received 10 Apr 201940 Parkway Romford Havering RM2 6AS
Received 14 Apr 201631 Squirrels Heath Avenue Romford RM2 6AD
Received 8 Jan 2016Corbets Tey School Harwood Hall Lane Upminster RM14 2YQ
Received 29 Sept 2022Ceme Innovation Centre, Marsh Way Rainham RM13 8EU
Received 4 Apr 2023216 Front Lane Upminster RM14 1LW
Received 13 May 2019Park Rise Sunrise Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4YT
Received 26 Jun 20235 Academy Square, 1 Academy Fields Road Romford RM2 5UE
Received 8 Jan 202415 Brookside HORNCHURCH RM11 2RR
Received 20 Feb 20171 Lorraine Court Victoria Road Romford RM1 2EA
Received 23 Apr 20242 THE LOMBARDS HORNCHURCH RM11 3LF
Received 3 Jun 2019590 Upper Brentwood Road Romford RM2 6HU
Received 27 Oct 2023Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College Abbs Cross Lane Hornchurch RM12 4YB
Received 14 Jun 20161 St Clements Avenue Romford RM3 0FH
Received 27 Apr 20184 Western Road Romford RM1 3JT
Received 11 Dec 201435 Heather Drive Romford RM1 4SP
Received 3 Jun 2026145 Lodge Avenue Romford RM2 5AH
Received 25 Jun 202421 Lawrence Road Romford RM2 5SS
Received 8 Apr 202647 Orchard Avenue Rainham RM13 9NZ
Received 19 May 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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