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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865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
78 Gubbins Lane Romford RM3 0BL
Received 14 Mar 20236 Homeway Romford RM3 0HD
Received 11 Sept 20233 Rowan Walk HORNCHURCH RM11 2JA
Received 4 Apr 2016122 Upminster Road Hornchurch RM12 6PL
Received 24 Apr 201961 Meadow Road Romford RM7 0LR
Received 25 May 2017Sunflower Court and Snowdrop Court Orchard Village, Lower Mardyke Avenue Rainham RM13 8GE
Received 17 Sept 202528 Meadway Romford RM2 5NU
Received 7 Jul 201515 Manser Road Rainham RM13 8NP
Received 14 Oct 2024116 Briscoe Road Rainham RM13 9QG
Received 8 Dec 201530 Merlin Gardens Romford RM5 3YD
Received 12 Dec 20143 Marlborough Gardens Upminster RM14 1SF
Received 17 Jun 202637 Rush Green Road Rush Green RM7 0PT
Received 23 Feb 201714 Burland Road Romford RM5 3RD
Received 31 Oct 202560 Percy Road Romford RM7 8RA
Received 13 Mar 2023116 Bruce Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4HY
Received 23 Jun 202516 Pinecroft Gidea Park Romford RM2 6DG
Received 28 Nov 201813 Shelley Avenue Hornchurch RM12 4BT
Received 7 Aug 2024Chaucer House & Hexagon House Western Road Romford RM1 3JT
Received 20 Jan 201547 LOWSHOE LANE ROMFORD RM5 2AA
Received 5 Dec 202354 Felstead Road Romford RM5 3RH
Received 21 Feb 2023The Parade, Store Rear Of 19 Colchester Road Romford RM3 0AQ
Received 7 Feb 202324 Abbotts Close ROMFORD RM7 8QU
Received 17 Jan 2018106 Lodge Avenue ROMFORD RM2 5AJ
Received 3 Nov 201665 Grove Park Road Rainham Essex RM13 7DA
Received 24 Mar 2014Records 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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