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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Ascension Road Romford RM5 3RS
Received 28 Mar 2024Ashley Farm Clay Tye Road Upminster RM14 3PL
Received 18 Sept 20141A ABBOTTS CLOSE ROMFORD RM7 8QU
Received 20 Feb 201824 Oates Road Romford RM5 2HT
Received 19 Feb 2015Faringdon Service Station, Faringdon Avenue Romford RM3 0AB
Received 6 Aug 2024147 Udall Gardens Collier Row RM5 2LA
Received 1 Dec 2015The Parade, Store Rear Of 19 Colchester Road Romford RM3 0AQ
Received 23 Feb 20232 Broadway Romford RM2 5NS
Received 19 Jun 20237 STAVERTON ROAD HORNCHURCH RM11 2DH
Received 17 Nov 201745 Devonshire Road Hornchurch RM12 4LG
Received 27 Feb 2018107 Dorset Avenue Romford RM1 4JB
Received 21 Nov 201664 Winchester Avenue Upminster RM14 3LR
Received 11 Aug 202516 Lancaster Drive Hornchurch RM12 5SU
Received 1 May 2015138-142 High Street Hornchurch RM12 6QX
Received 20 Jul 201812 Bridge Close Romford RM7 0AU
Received 26 Nov 202262 Upminster Road HORNCHURCH RM12 6PJ
Received 23 Jun 2016Blue Boar Hall Orange Tree Hill Havering-atte-Bower Romford RM4 1PJ
Received 26 Feb 2018Chesham House, Chesham Close Romford RM7 7PJ
Received 29 Jun 202633 CASTELLAN AVENUE ROMFORD RM2 6EB
Received 12 May 20238 Norwood Avenue Romford RM7 0QH
Received 15 Apr 202419 Merlin Gardens Romford RM5 3YD
Received 15 Nov 2024102 Marks Road Romford RM7 7AH
Received 24 Aug 201744-52 Market Place 1-14 Swan Walk & unit 103 Liberty Square Romford RM1 3RL
Received 18 Dec 20148a Poundland The Brewery Romford RM1 1AU
Received 26 Feb 2024Records 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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