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London Borough of Havering planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

London Borough of Havering decided more than 2,700 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 12% of those it approved or refused, higher than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 56 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on London Borough of Havering’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for London Borough of Havering

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from London Borough of Havering’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 2,700
Share refusedof those approved or refused 12%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 56 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings 9%of more than 970 decided
Appeals decidedin the last three years more than 560
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 29%about one in three
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held 100plan adopted 2021

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on London Borough of Havering’s planning applications.

  • “The main issues are: • whether or not the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt; • the effect of the proposed development on the character and…”

    Dismissed, 2025

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”

    Dismissed, 2024

  • “The main issues are: • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area; • The effect of the proposed development on green infrastructure and biodiversity; • Whether the proposed development would provide acceptable…”

    Dismissed, 2023

  • “The main issues are: • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area; • the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of future occupiers having particular regard to the provision of…”

    Dismissed, 2020

  • “The main issues are: • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area; • the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of its future occupiers having particular regard to the provision…”

    Dismissed, 2020

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.