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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Clement Way Upminster RM14 2NX
Received 30 Aug 202215 Chelsworth Drive Romford RM3 0ES
Received 14 Mar 201714 Bradwell Close Hornchurch Essex RM12 5PR
Received 21 Jun 2017Broadford Primary School Faringdon Avenue Romford RM3 8JS
Received 10 Apr 2018Spencer Works Spencer Road Rainham RM13 8HD
Received 28 Oct 201651 Riversdale Road Collier Row, Romford RM5 2NR
Received 2 Mar 201535 Hamlet Road Romford RM5 2DS
Received 15 May 2018Land at Grove Farm Brook Street Brentwood CM15 5NG
Received 29 Aug 20237 The Drive Harold Wood Romford RM3 0DU
Received 8 Dec 202552 Heather Way Romford RM1 4TA
Received 4 Apr 2023Grand Oaks 19 Burntwood Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3JD
Received 16 Sept 202618 Beech Avenue Upminster RM14 2HN
Received 17 Mar 201524 Kersey Gardens Harold Wood Romford RM3 0ER
Received 2 Oct 201880-86 Junction Road Romford RM1 3QW
Received 24 May 2018425 Brentwood Road Romford RM2 6DD
Received 12 May 201532 Arundel Road Romford RM3 0RT
Received 8 Dec 2015Tesco Superstore Bridge Road RAINHAM RM13 9YZ
Received 21 Dec 2017Dovers Corner Industrial Estate New Road Rainham RM13 8QT
Received 10 Jul 201821 Warwick Road Rainham RM13 9XU
Received 6 Jul 201639 King Edward Avenue Rainham RM13 9RH
Received 14 Oct 202555 Maybank Avenue Elm Park RM12 5SD
Received 25 Feb 201611 webster close
Received 21 Mar 20195 Keswick Avenue Hornchurch RM11 1XR
Received 4 Apr 201654 Ilfracombe Crescent Hornchurch RM12 6RQ
Received 2 Dec 2022Records 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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