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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18A Barlow Way (Serco Depot) Rainham RM13 8UF
Received 24 Oct 201410 Yevele Way Hornchurch RM11 3NB
Received 19 Jun 201575 Wood Lane Hornchurch RM12 5JB
Received 28 May 201980 Minster Way HORNCHURCH RM11 3TD
Received 9 Feb 20183 Mellish Way Hornchurch RM11 2GU
Received 19 May 2017Former Old Windmill Hall St Marys Lane Upminster RM14 2QH
Received 27 Mar 20154 Pettits Lane Romford RM1 4HL
Received 13 Sept 2024268 Brentwood Road Romford RM2 5SU
Received 13 Sept 201821 Holden Way UPMINSTER RM14 1BT
Received 18 Oct 201744 Hyland Way Hornchurch RM11 1DW
Received 1 Dec 2015Harold Hill Library Hilldene Avenue Romford RM3 8DJ
Received 13 Feb 202616 Ellis Avenue Rainham RM13 9TU
Received 14 Oct 2024Lexington Way Garage Block Lexington Way UPMINSTER RM14 1NW
Received 14 Dec 201711 Ryder Gardens Rainham RM13 7LS
Received 3 Nov 201479 Hubert Road RAINHAM RM13 8AD
Received 5 Jul 20171 Ingrebourne Road Rainham RM13 9AH
Received 17 Dec 2015G H Tyler 195 North Street Romford RM1 1DT
Received 26 Sept 202243 Parkway Romford
Received 2 Feb 201621 Burntwood Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3JD
Received 6 Jun 20258 Tall Trees Close Hornchurch RM11 2QR
Received 28 Apr 20268-10 South Street Romford RM1 1RD
Received 6 Mar 2023Land off East Hall Farm Rainham
Received 31 Mar 201511 BELGRAVE AVENUE ROMFORD RM2 6QD
Received 13 Dec 2017Hacton Primary School Chepstow Avenue Hornchurch RM12 6AU
Received 11 Jan 2019Records 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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