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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FLORADALE NORTH ROAD HAVERING-ATTE-BOWER ROMFORD RM4 1PR
Received 11 Jun 2019(Briar Site 9E) Garage/Parking Court between 1, 2 & 13 Bellflower Path Clematis Close Romford
Received 4 Oct 201345 Chelmsford Drive Upminster RM14 2PH
Received 14 Nov 201823 Tudor Gardens Romford RM2 5LL
Received 3 Nov 201424 Severn Drive UPMINSTER RM14 1SW
Received 28 Apr 20178 Whitethorn Gardens Hornchurch RM11 2AL
Received 6 Oct 2015280 Collier Row Lane Romford RM5 3NL
Received 26 Jan 202693 Wingletye Lane Hornchurch RM11 3AT
Received 1 May 2024124 Diban Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4YH
Received 6 Apr 202344 SOUTH STREET ROMFORD RM1 1RB
Received 28 Jan 2026Land between 14-16 & 22-24 Philan Way Romford RM5 3YT
Received 21 Dec 2022148 Upminster Road South RAINHAM RM13 9AX
Received 19 Aug 2016235-243 Elm Park Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4PG
Received 31 Mar 2017172 Hornchurch Road Hornchurch RM11 1QL
Received 23 Dec 201693 Redden Court Road Romford RM3 0UL
Received 22 Sept 201520 Merlin Gardens Collier Road Romford RM5 3YD
Received 18 Oct 202235 Columbine Way Romford RM3 0XN
Received 12 Jun 202443 Lambs Lane South Rainham
Received 19 Mar 2015131 Betterton Road Rainham RM13 8ND
Received 2 Dec 20257 Cherry Tree Close RAINHAM RM13 7QU
Received 11 Oct 201640 Court Avenue Romford RM3 0XS
Received 20 Nov 2023Pavement to front of 29 Station Road Upminster RM14 2SJ
Received 27 Jan 20231 Martinstown Close HORNCHURCH RM11 3BH
Received 29 Jul 2019227 Marlborough Road Romford RM7 8AP
Received 17 Jul 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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