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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Sydenham Close Romford RM1 4HN
Received 20 Jan 2023Brooklands House, Brooklands Approach Romford RM1 1DX
Received 11 Sept 202562 Saunton Road Hornchurch RM12 4HB
Received 6 Oct 2026(Briar Site 6A_2) Open space adj to 8-26 Coltsfoot Path & 40-98 Barberry Close Romford
Received 4 Oct 201335 Hayes Drive Rainham RM13 7EL
Received 6 Jun 202361 Hall Lane UPMINSTER RM14 1AG
Received 28 Sept 201649 Church Road Harold Wood
Received 23 Jul 2014Phase 2A (Blocks G&H) Former Harold Wood Hospital Gubbins Lane Harold Wood RM3 0BE
Received 2 Oct 201810 BENHURST AVENUE HORNCHURCH RM12 4QT
Received 8 Feb 201874 Bancroft Chase Hornchurch RM12 4DR
Received 25 Jun 201910 Chase Cross Road ROMFORD RM5 3PR
Received 25 Oct 201656 Barton Avenue Romford RM7 0ND
Received 17 Aug 2026361 London Road Romford RM7 9NU
Received 11 Feb 201514 Felstead Road Romford RM5 3RH
Received 22 Dec 202218 Deri Avenue Rainham RM13 9LX
Received 5 Apr 2016117 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch
Received 23 Apr 201246 Eversleigh Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 1DR
Received 2 Aug 2017275 Lodge Lane ROMFORD RM5 2EX
Received 23 Sept 201772 Station Road UPMINSTER RM14 2TD
Received 15 Jun 2017Tesco Stores Ltd Airfield Way Hornchurch RM12 5AF
Received 17 Jul 201580 Cambridge Avenue Gidea Park
Received 17 Jul 2014Hall Lane Miniature Golf Course Hall Lane Upminster RM14 1BS
Received 17 Nov 2022Delta Force, Bush Farm Aveley Road Upminster RM14 2TN
Received 21 Oct 2018St Georges Hospital Suttons Lane Hornchurch RM12 6RS
Received 15 Jun 2018Records 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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