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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5-7 Collier Row Road Romford RM5 3NP
Received 10 Jun 2016St Peter's Church Gubbins Lane Harold Wood Romford RM3 0QA
Received 18 Aug 201473 HILLCREST ROAD HORNCHURCH RM11 1EF
Received 6 Oct 201715 Frederick Road Rainham RM13 8NT
Received 22 Aug 2024110 Links Avenue Romford RM2 6NJ
Received 9 Dec 202273 Cranham Gardens UPMINSTER RM14 1JN
Received 4 Jan 201746 Acacia Drive Upminster RM14 2LJ
Received 20 Jun 201929 Helmsdale Road Romford RM1 4DW
Received 12 Jul 2018The Crown Public House 260 London Road Romford RM7 9NA
Received 5 Sept 202254 Priory Road Harold Hill RM3 9AT
Received 19 Aug 2019Former Rainham Library offices at 21 Broadway and land to the rear of 29 Broadway Rainham RM13 9YW
Received 17 Oct 2017109 Sheringham Avenue ROMFORD RM7 9DP
Received 3 Apr 2017128 Northumberland Avenue Hornchurch RM11 2HP
Received 3 Jul 202543 Cranham Road Hornchurch RM11 2AB
Received 4 Apr 20244 Londons Close Upminster RM14 2DU
Received 17 Jun 201981 Clydesdale Road Hornchurch Essex RM11 1AJ
Received 12 Feb 201973 Bader Way Rainham RM13 7HU
Received 11 Mar 2019The Liberty Bell Mercury Gardens Romford RM1 3EN
Received 3 Apr 202362 Byron Way Romford RM3 7PS
Received 15 Dec 202524 GUARDIAN CLOSE HORNCHURCH RM11 1FT
Received 20 Feb 202440 Lynwood Drive Collier Row RM5 2RA
Received 25 Aug 2015Lans House, 1 Peony Road Romford RM3 7FJ
Received 23 May 202372 Little Gaynes Lane Upminster RM14 2JD
Received 21 Apr 2026No.s 24 to 46 Falkirk Court Falkirk Close Hornchurch RM11 3QX
Received 19 Jun 2023Records 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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