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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
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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.
79 The Grove Upminster RM14 2ES
Received 10 Sept 2025East Hall Farm Cottages East Hall Lane Wennington Rainham RM13 9DS
Received 20 May 2019Concordia Academy Romford Primary School 3 Union Road Romford RM7 0GN
Received 2 Aug 20187 Stanley Close Hornchurch RM12 4JR
Received 13 Nov 2015110 Argyle Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 3EU
Received 26 Jun 201712 Deere Avenue Rainham RM13 7JJ
Received 4 Jan 2024Harrow Service Station 132 Hornchurch Road Hornchurch RM11 1DP
Received 15 Aug 2018Oakfield Montessori School Harwood Hall Harwood Hall Lane Upminster RM14 2YG
Received 14 Dec 201738 Babington Road Hornchurch RM12 4AR
Received 30 Mar 20174 Broadway Gidea Park Romford RM2 5NS
Received 23 Sept 2016280 Main Road Gidea Park Romford RM2 6LU
Received 26 Apr 2019120 Balgores Lane Romford RM2 5JU
Received 10 May 201868 Lake Rise Gidea Park Romford RM1 4EE
Received 7 Nov 2018340 Mawney Road Romford RM7 8QT
Received 25 Feb 20168 Pettits Close ROMFORD RM1 4EB
Received 13 Jun 2017147 ST MARYS LANE UPMINSTER RM14 3RA
Received 5 Mar 202422-38 Harold Wood Hall Widecombe Close Romford RM3 8PG
Received 27 Aug 202516 Brookdale Close Upminster RM14 2LU
Received 12 Jul 201934 Lake Rise ROMFORD RM1 4DY
Received 21 Aug 2017Land at Rom Valley Way (formerly Romford Ice Rink) Romford
Received 30 Jun 202680 Wood Lane HORNCHURCH RM12 5JA
Received 23 May 2016Old Gailey Park Southend Arterial Road Cranham RM14 1TJ
Received 11 Aug 2016175 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM11 2HW
Received 14 Dec 201864-66 Ashgrove Billet Lane Hornchurch RM11 1XA
Received 5 Nov 2025Records 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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