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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.
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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1659.23
Retention of one bedroom self-contained flat in rear projection as built, including new window openings in side and rear elevation of building.
Harold Court House, Church Road Romford RM3 0JX
Received 9 Nov 2023 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0167.18
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed loft conversion with side dormer and internal alterations.
8 Warrington Gardens Hornchurch RM11 2AG
Received 23 Apr 2018 - UndecidedD0372.26
Certificate of lawfulness for a hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer, roof lights to front and gable window
72 Garry Way Romford RM1 4YT
Received 17 Sept 2026 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsA0047.24
Advertisement consent for the display of internally illuminated freestanding double sided digital adverting as a replacement of the current freestanding signs
Pavement outside 7-9 North Street Romford RM1 1BH
Received 14 Aug 2024 - DOC Discharge PARTQ0012.14
Discharge of Conditions 5, 6, 9, 10 and 12 of P0719.12
59a Brentwood Road Romford Essex RM1 2EU
Received 10 Feb 2014 - WithdrawnY0343.16
single storey rear extension with an overall depth of 4.5m from the original rear wall of the dwelling house, a maximum height of 3m and an eaves height of 2.950m
15 Bouchier Walk Rainham RM13 7HL
Received 12 Dec 2016 - Refuse (Appealed) Conditions/ReasonsP0342.23
Boundary fencing and gate (Retrospective)
2 Silver Way Romford RM7 8EX
Received 28 Feb 2023 - Tree Work App + Cond Conditions/ReasonsT0031.26
G1 - Silver birch x 2, Hawthorn x 1, Acer x 1 Crown reduction (SIDE ONLY) Reduce back selected branches by 1/1.5m from flat side of the trees only, no works to top/height. All sizes are approximate to the nearest metre. What3words location of trees boxer.vocal.icons Works due to regular maintenance and some for the branches are touching the building
Bell Flower Lodge 63 Gubbins Lane Romford RM3 0NQ
Received 9 Mar 2026 - ALL DECISIONS ISSUEDQ0127.24
Discharge of Conditions 9 & 13 of P0224.23
Land between 132-138 Roseberry Gardens Roseberry Gardens RM14 1NE
Received 6 Jun 2024 - ALL DECISIONS ISSUEDQ0083.16
Discharge of Condition 3 of P1611.15
Rodwell House, 199-209 Hornchurch Road HORNCHURCH RM12 4TJ
Received 14 Apr 2016 - WithdrawnQ0311.18
Variation of Conditions 5 & 10 of P0749.12
Spencer Works Spencer Road Rainham
Received 10 Dec 2018 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1759.23
Part single, part two storey side/rear extension. Replacement front porch and raised patio with steps to the rear.
522 Upper Brentwood Road Romford RM2 6JA
Received 29 Nov 2023 - PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0121.24
Certificate of Lawfulness for loft conversion with rear dormer and build up gable walls, and single storey side extension
4 KENILWORTH GARDENS HORNCHURCH RM12 4SE
Received 25 Mar 2024 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0353.24
Change of use of Estate Office B1 use to a single residential social rental apartment including conversion of the estate office
Estate Office, Greenways Court, Butts Green Road Hornchurch RM11 2JL
Received 11 Mar 2024 - DOC Discharge PARTQ0149.23
Discharge of Condition 2 of P0108.23
Church Of Saint Thomas Church Road Noak Hill Romford RM4 1LD
Received 6 Jul 2023 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1160.16
Variation of condition 2 of planning permission P0657.16 to vary the opening hours from 08:00 and 23:00 on Mondays to Saturday and 08:00 and 21:00 on Sundays and Bank Holidays to: between 07:00 and 18:00 on Mondays to Saturday and between 09:00 and 17:00 on Sundays and Bank Holidays
311-313 Collier Row Lane Costa Coffee Romford RM5 3ND
Received 11 Jul 2016 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0244.26
Variation of condition No. 2 (approved plans) of planning permission ref: P0845.23 dated 21/07/2023 to allow for retrospective alteration to size of front dormers and installation front rooflights (2 x 3-bed, semi-detached chalet style dwellings with associated parking, amenity space, and cycle/waste storage, involving demolition of existing building)
73 CARLISLE ROAD ROMFORD RM1 2QL
Received 10 Feb 2026 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1400.19
Replacement windows/refurbishment to all elevations.
Amber Court, Malt House Place, the Gate House High Street Romford RM1 1AP
Received 10 Sept 2019 - Tree Work App + Cond Conditions/ReasonsT0054.23
T1 = To Reduce 1 X Birch Tree by 2.0/2.5Mtrs T2 = To Reduce 1 X Maple Tree by 2.0/2.5Mtrs T3 = To Reduce 1 X Acacia Tree by 2.0/2.5Mtrs Light Access General Maintenance
12 Elm Walk Romford RM2 5NR
Received 27 Apr 2023 - Tree Work Approved Conditions/ReasonsT0032.17
1. Fell and root grind large Beech to left of frontage. 2. Reduce by 50% Conifers on boundary with both Astra Court West and East.
Rosewood Medical Centre Astra Close Hornchurch Essex
Received 16 Mar 2017 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0725.17
Retrospective planning permission for retention of loft conversion with rear dormer with increase in ridge height.
2 Roborough Walk HORNCHURCH RM12 6QJ
Received 2 May 2017 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1208.25
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING INFILL EXTENSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY INFILL EXTENSION AND CONSERVATORY
33 Chase Cross Road Romford RM5 3PJ
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0700.18
To vary condition 1 of Planning Permission application no P1032.17, so as to permit the continued use of the public highway for a further extended period. P1032.17 Conditions(s) Condition 1
The Bull 76 Market Place Romford RM1 3ER
Received 14 May 2018 - WithdrawnQ0250.25
Discharge of condition 13 of P0108.25
Land bound by Waterloo Road to the east; the Great Eastern M Cotleigh Road to the west; and London Road to the north Romford RM7 9AT
Received 19 Dec 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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