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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64 Crossways Romford RM2 6AS
Received 4 Aug 20161 Dennises Cottages Dennises Lane Upminster RM14 2XB
Received 22 Mar 2018Former Long Term Conditions Centre, Copse Avenue Romford RM3 0AR
Received 17 Aug 2023Wayside Fullers Lane Romford RM5 3JT
Received 22 Apr 2026Veolia Landfill Coldharbour Lane Rainham RM13 9YB
Received 14 Nov 201814 South Street Romford RM1 1RA
Received 4 Sept 201815 Burntwood Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3JD
Received 11 Dec 2014106 Lawns Way Collier Row Romford RM5 3TB
Received 17 Oct 201470 Gooshays Drive Harold Hill RM3 9HP
Received 6 Jun 201639A Broadstone Road Hornchurch RM12 4AH
Received 15 Sept 202217 Penzance Gardens Romford RM3 9NP
Received 23 Oct 2015St Georges Hospital Suttons Lane RM12 6RR
Received 8 Sept 2025159 Hillview Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2DL
Received 20 Feb 202356 MARLBOROUGH GARDENS UPMINSTER RM14 1SE
Received 24 Jun 2019Youngs Farm St Marys Lane Upminster RM14 3NU
Received 24 Jun 2019Pavement O/s Mercury Shopping Centre, Mercury Gardens Romford RM1 3EE
Received 27 Jan 2023The Coppice 6 Woodlands Avenue HORNCHURCH RM11 2QU
Received 18 May 201643 Manor Road Romford RM1 2RD
Received 23 Mar 2015131 Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2SB
Received 6 Oct 2015David Lloyd Leisure Squirrels Heath Lane Gidea Park Romford RM11 2DY
Received 6 Aug 2025Hillcrest Court Horndon Road Romford Havering RM5 3HB
Received 15 Nov 2016217 Main Road Romford RM2 6NP
Received 13 Jul 2017453 South End Road Hornchurch RM12 5NX
Received 1 Sept 202521 Collier Row Road ROMFORD RM5 3NR
Received 26 Apr 2017Records 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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