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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
Havering planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates27,806Searchable applications
455Recorded as pending
18%Approval rate · 4,715 approved or refused records
3,850Refused applications
865 approved · 3,850 refused · 1,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Planning pre-application adviceArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanningvalidations@havering.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@havering.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas11 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- PP not required Conditions/ReasonsD0494.22
Certificate of Lawfulness for conversion of roof space to habitable use to include a rear dormer and front roof lights
204 Bridgwater Road Romford RM3 7TX
Received 29 Sept 2022 - Prior App COU Refuse Conditions/ReasonsJ0005.15
Prior approval request for the change of use from office to residential to create flats on second and third floors (total of six flats) with retention of office space on ground and first floors.
18 Eastern Road (Enterprise House) Romford RM1 3PJ
Received 23 Mar 2015 - PP not requiredE0037.24
Certificate of lawfulness to confirm existing Sui generis use of site comprising mixed uses within Use Class E, B2 and B8
Land at 184 New Road Rainham RM13 8RS
Received 23 Jul 2024 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0208.18
Installation of six velux windows at roof level and erection of a cycle and bin store within the rear car park.
120-122 High Street Hornchurch RM12 4UL
Received 13 Feb 2018 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0627.24
Change of use of existing C3-residential dwelling to a large HMO-8 person Sui-Generis together with provision of cycle and refuse storage
32 Mcintosh Road Romford RM1 4JJ
Received 3 May 2024 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0383.14
Two storey side and rear extensions.
116 Brentwood Road Romford RM1 2RX
Received 21 Mar 2014 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1102.25
Demolition of existing house and outbuildings and erection of 2x two storey detached dwellings with habitable lofts and rear detached poolhouse.
44 Parkstone Avenue Hornchurch RM11 3LW
Received 22 Aug 2025 - PP not requiredE0004.18
The building '2A Tennyson Road' has been in permanent C3(a) residential use, independent of the main dwelling house, "2 Tennyson Road" for a period in excess of four years.
2A Tennyson Road ROMFORD RM3 7AD
Received 12 Jan 2018 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0380.23
Variation of Condition No. 2 of Planning Permission Ref P1438.22 dated 11/11/2022 to allow extension of permission time limit from September 2025 to September 2030 (Retention of mobile home in connection with use of the site as piggery, installation of modular butchery unit in connection with existing business use)
HUBBARDS CHASE PIGGERY HUBBARDS CLOSE HORNCHURCH RM11 3DH
Received 2 Mar 2023 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1242.16
Retrospective planning permission for outbuilding to the rear of the garden.
115A Shepherds Hill Romford RM3 0NP
Received 26 Jul 2016 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0858.17
Proposed ground floor rear and part first floor rear extension
151 Ford Lane RAINHAM RM13 7BA
Received 25 May 2017 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1353.23
Application to extend existing vehicular crossover
Katula, North Road, Havering-atte-bower Romford RM4 1QA
Received 4 Sept 2023 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1206.17
Paving part of existing driveway including driveway drainage
St John the Evangelist Church The Green Elmer Avenue/ North Road Havering-atte-Bower RM4 1PL
Received 17 Jul 2017 - Pr App Not Req'dY0167.19
Single storey rear extension with an overall depth of 5.0 metres, a maximum height of 3.3 metres, and an eaves height of 2.95 metres. (PRIOR APPROVAL)
28 CAVENHAM GARDENS HORNCHURCH RM11 2AU
Received 5 Jun 2019 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0563.18
Single storey rear extension, to include x2no roof lights, and loft conversion to include juliet balcony and rear dormer.
53 Manser Road Rainham RM13 8NP
Received 17 Apr 2018 - Refuse Conditions/ReasonsP0139.23
Erection of 1x3bed 2 storey dwelling with parking and amenities and demolition of existing host garage
Land Adj to 27 Frinton Road Romford RM5 2EP
Received 26 Jan 2023 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0691.15
New ATM in shopfront, new edge protection and access ladder to flat roof area at the rear.
15 Station Road (Co-op Supermarket) Harold Wood Romford RM3 0BP
Received 12 May 2015 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsA0050.23
Replacement of existing black telephone kiosk with single black telephone kiosk with illuminated integrated LCD advertising display
O/S 125 South Street Romford RM1 1NX
Received 12 Sept 2023 - Non standard decQ0237.15
Discharge of conditions 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, and 15 of P1195.14
Tara Southend Arterial Road Hornchurch RM2 6PL
Received 15 Dec 2015 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0650.18
Demolition of single storey former youth centre block and erection of part single storey and part two storey teaching block with associated external works and car parking adaptations to allow 2FE expansion to existing school.
Marshalls Park School Pettits Lane ROMFORD RM1 4EH
Received 30 Apr 2018 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP1598.15
Formation of pitched roof over existing flat roof
13 Woodhall Crescent Hornchurch RM11 3NN
Received 5 Oct 2015 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0443.23
Two storey wraparound extension, single storey front extension, floor plan redesign and all associated works
52 Chestnut Glen Hornchurch RM12 4HL
Received 17 Mar 2023 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0556.17
Erection of entrance porch to side elevation, erection of single storey front kitchen extension and first floor front bedroom extension - Revision to earlier approval Ref. P0122.17 dated 22 March 2017
72 Park End Road ROMFORD RM1 4AU
Received 7 Apr 2017 - Apprv with cons Conditions/ReasonsP0775.23
Two storey, 2-bed, terraced dwelling and amenity space
6 Marine Cottage,Wennington Road, Wennington Rainham RM13 9DY
Received 17 May 2023
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What these statistics cover
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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