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Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Havering planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates27,806Searchable applications
455Recorded as pending
18%Approval rate · 4,715 approved or refused records
3,850Refused applications
865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Planning pre-application adviceArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanningvalidations@havering.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@havering.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas11 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Approve no cons Conditions/ReasonsN0028.24
Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission ref: P1868.20 dated 07/04/2021 to change the description of development from 'Change of use from a single family dwelling to shared accommodation for up to 3 unrelated people between the ages of 16 to 21 years old with provision for external staff providing support care' to 'Change of use from a single family dwelling to shared accommodation for up to 3 unrelated people between the ages of 0 to 18 years old with provision for external staff providing support care'
18 Birkdale Avenue Romford RM3 0SL
Received 5 Jun 2024 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP1290.19
Retrospective planning application for alteration to height of existing unlawful entrance porch.
14 Laburnum Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4HA
Received 21 Aug 2019 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1305.16
Emergency installation of temporary cabins and associated reversible groundworks to facilitate a reduced provision of healthcare activities on the site, following flood damage.
300 Upper Rainham Road HORNCHURCH RM12 4EQ
Received 12 Aug 2016 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1458.15
Proposed rear single storey extension
10 Mersey Avenue Upminster RM14 1RA
Received 7 Oct 2015 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0351.18
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed hip to gable end loft conversion with rear dormer window to include Juliette balcony & 2No roof lights to the front elevation
5 Judith Avenue Romford RM5 2PL
Received 4 Sept 2018 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0258.24
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed loft conversion forming hip to gable roof with gable end window, installation of rear dormer and front roof light involving removal of rear pitched roof for flat roof and infill of side window.
10 Ferguson Avenue Romford RM2 6RD
Received 2 Jul 2024 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0302.19
Single storey rear extension.
21 Oak Street Romford RM7 7BS
Received 26 Feb 2019 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0807.26
Installation of a dropped kerb
294 Elm Park Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4DA
Received 1 Jul 2026 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0504.24
Permission for change of use from a single residential dwelling (C3) to Sui Generis -House in Multiple Occupation, to provide supported living care for up to 7 people
12 King Edward Avenue Rainham RM13 9RJ
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Pr App Not Req'dY0051.23
Single storey rear extension with an overall depth of 4m, a maximum height of 3m, and an eaves height of 3m. (PRIOR APPROVAL)
73 Weald Way Romford RM7 9PH
Received 21 Feb 2023 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0124.19
CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR A PROPOSED HIP TO GABLE LOFT CONVERSION WITH REAR, TO INCLUDE JULIET BALCONY, WING DORMER AND ROOFLIGHTS TO FRONT AND SIDES.
17 Junction Road Romford RM1 3QS
Received 30 Mar 2019 - Tree Work App + Cond Conditions/ReasonsT0119.23
This is further to Application T0101.23 and your letter of the 3rd October
87 Links Avenue Romford RM2 6NH
Received 7 Oct 2023 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1397.23
Proposed single storey front & rear extension. Garage conversion to habitable use with the addition of steps to front, side & rear, erection of canopy to side/rear and erection of boundary fence
6 Berkeley Close Hornchurch RM11 3QB
Received 12 Sept 2023 - Pr App Not Req'dY0017.16
Single storey rear extension with an overall depth of 6 metres from the original rear wall of the dwelling house, a maximum height of 3.3 metres and an eaves height of 3 metres
53 Cranham Road Hornchurch RM11 2AB
Received 22 Jan 2016 - DOC Discharge PARTQ0165.15
Discharge of condition 23 of P1031.14
93A Collier Row Road Romford RM5 2AU
Received 26 Aug 2015 - Non standard decQ0053.15
Discharge of condition 6 of P1519.14
Havering Sixth Form College Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3TB
Received 16 Apr 2015 - Pr App Not Req'dY0162.23
Single storey rear extension with an overall depth of 3.8m, a maximum height of 3.8m, and an eaves height of 2.6m. (PRIOR APPROVAL)
8 Launceston Close Romford RM3 8HQ
Received 15 Jun 2023 - WithdrawnP0027.19
Roof alterations to include hip to gable end, flat roof dormer at rear and pitched dormer to front.
128 Lake Avenue Rainham RM13 9SQ
Received 8 Jan 2019 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1187.19
Two storey side extension on the south, building above the existing garage to the north and two storey/single storey extension to the rear, with balcony. Relocation of front entrance. Covered kitchen area in rear garden.
55 Links Avenue Romford RM2 6NH
Received 31 Jul 2019 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1098.14
Single storey rear and side extensions
51 The Drive Harold Wood Romford RM3 0DX
Received 8 Aug 2014 - DOC NO DischargeQ0030.18
Discharge of condition 7 (Secure cycle storage) of planning permission P0382.15
Briar Road Shop Site Romford RM3 8AP
Received 1 Feb 2018 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1634.18
PROPOSED FRONT BOUNDARY WALL AND GATES
13 Freeman Way Emerson Park Hornchurch RM11 3PH
Received 30 Oct 2018 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1534.18
Single storey front extension
54 Paines Brook Way Romford RM3 9JS
Received 12 Oct 2018 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0739.25
Application for the renewal of temporary planning permission granted on 15-06-22, ref. P0192.22, for a change of use to storage of used spare parts of car/motor vehicles, repair and service of car/motor vehicles, for a further temporary period of 3 years.
Unit 7 Salamons Way Rainham RM13 9UL
Received 3 Jun 2025
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What these statistics cover
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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