Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Newham. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
529 approved · 111 refused · 23 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
Silvertown Quays Bounded By Royal Victoria Dock Connaught Bridge And Mill Road North Woolwich Road Silvertown London E16 1UR
Received Not published100 Bristol Road Forest Gate London E7 8HF
Received Not published100 Bristol Road Forest Gate London E7 8HF
Received Not published246 - 248 Barking Road Plaistow London E13 8HR
Received Not published15 King George Avenue West Beckton London E16 3HR
Received Not publishedSt Edmunds Church 464 Katherine Road Forest Gate London E7 8NP
Received Not published10 Keirin Road Stratford London E20 1GU
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent London Gas Museum Twelvetrees Crescent Bromley By Bow London E3 3JG
Received Not published82 London Industrial Park Roding Road Beckton London E6 6LS
Received Not published63 Langton Avenue East Ham London E6 6AN
Received Not publishedLondon City Airport Hartmann Road Silvertown London E16 2PX
Received Not published93 Varley Road Canning Town London E16 3NR
Received Not published132 Kingsland Road Plaistow London E13 9NU
Received Not published3 Maryland Square Stratford London E15 1HF
Received Not published27 Altmore Avenue East Ham London E6 2BZ
Received Not published9 Tasman Walk West Beckton London E16 3JA
Received Not published26 Chestnut Avenue Forest Gate London E7 0JH
Received Not publishedAreas 7 And IC Barking Road Canning Town London
Received Not published321 Romford Road Forest Gate London E7 9HA
Received Not publishedDevelopment Site Sugar House Lane Peninsula Sugar House Lane Stratford London
Received Not publishedLand At Cherry Park Lane And Westfield Avenue And Montfichet Road Stratford London E20 1NT
Received Not publishedBeagle House 1A Dragonfly Close Plaistow London E13 9BG
Received Not published124 - 126 The Grove Stratford London E15 1NS
Received Not published9 Coleridge Avenue Manor Park London E12 6RQ
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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 Newham, 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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