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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
40 Christchurch Avenue Rainham RM13 8JA
Received 4 Jan 201912 Helmsdale Close Rise Park RM11 4RS
Received 30 Nov 201540 Burwood Gardens Rainham RM13 8JS
Received 4 Nov 20153 Gays Cottages, Sunnings Lane Upminster RM14 2DG
Received 24 May 202347 Horndon Road ROMFORD RM5 3EU
Received 9 May 20165 Pine Court Upminster RM14 2HT
Received 27 Apr 20263 Geoffrey Avenue Harold Wood Romford Essex RM3 0YJ
Received 9 Oct 201893 Shepherds Hill (Land rear of) Romford RM3 0NP
Received 14 Jul 201430 Redden Court Road Romford RM3 0XA
Received 24 Apr 201540 Havering Drive Romford RM1 4BH
Received 23 Oct 201853 Dunton Road Romford RM1 4AD
Received 4 Apr 201925 Elmer Gardens Rainham RM13 7BS
Received 16 Dec 202453 Gordon Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4EA
Received 19 Jun 202447 Askwith Road Rainham RM13 8EL
Received 23 Nov 202289 Elms Farm Road Hornchurch RM12 5RH
Received 24 Feb 201650 Harrow Drive Hornchurch RM11 1NX
Received 22 Oct 2025Wild Rose House 3 Firwood Lane ROMFORD RM3 0FQ
Received 29 Jun 20178 Willow Close Hornchurch RM12 4QR
Received 18 Jun 2015Cranham Golf Course St Marys Lane Upminster RM14 3NU
Received 8 Feb 2019Blue Boar Hall Orange Tree Hill Havering Atte Bower Romford RM4 1PJ
Received 2 Mar 201532 The Grove Upminster
Received 6 Mar 2014126 Corbets Tey Road UPMINSTER RM14 2ED
Received 16 Feb 2018103 Collier Row Road ROMFORD RM5 2AT
Received 26 Feb 201821 Alma Avenue Hornchurch Essex RM12 6SS
Received 28 May 2015Records 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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