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Collier Row residents are relieved and pleased after a long running planning dispute over a property in Carter Drive concluded with enforcement notices being upheld. Neighbours had previously alleged that building works continued despite council stop notices and that large perimeter fencing, which some described as resembling “Alcatraz”, significantly altered the character of the street.
Green Belt land in England, including around London, is protected to stop towns and cities from sprawling into the countryside
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Havering Council has formally objected to the Government’s proposed London Emergency Housing Package, warning the plans could remove millions of pounds in local funding and reduce the borough’s control over planning decisions.
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As Havering faces mounting pressure to deliver new homes, the debate over our Green Belt land is intensifying. Developers, councils, and the Planning Inspectorate are all wrestling with one crucial question — is some of our Green Belt really ‘grey belt or being redefined that way to make planning easier?
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The Havering Conservatives, who form the official opposition to the Havering Residents Association (HRA), have called for neighbourhood plans to be implemented across the borough.
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Councillor Judith Holt and St. Alban’s Ward Conservatives have spoken out in response to a Facebook post and newspaper report about the future of the old Durham Arms Pub in Brentwood Road, Romford, in which there are insinuations by another Councillor of malpractice by the developer and the Planning Department at Havering Council.
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Romford community leader launches petition against controversial new plans for a new Romford mosque on South Street
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“We are tired and fed up with people wanting to build on our greenbelt land. Leave our greenbelt alone, leave our wildlife alone!”
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Most importantly, officers presented a report to the committee on the Waterloo Road development, which has been delayed while important assessments of safety were made following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in 2017.
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Residents living in North Ockendon near the proposed Data Centre site, have hit out at Havering Council over their ‘staggering hypocrisy’ with councillors praising their new village green spaces across the borough, yet allowing a huge Data Centre to be built on greenbelt land.
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Havering Council maintains that a controversial data centre in the east of the borough would be greatly beneficial, despite continued pushback from residents.
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Digital Reef and London Borough of Havering make progress on proposed data centre.
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The Council’s Planning Department refused permission, but this decision has now been overturned on appeal by the Government’s Planning Inspectorate.
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Havering Council have submitted their Bridge Close regeneration plan. Bridge Close Regeneration LLP, is a development company wholly-owned by Havering
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MP and Prospective Parliamentary Candidate make a tough stand against the Rainham quarry planning application and add their commitment to
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Councillor David Taylor from St Edwards Ward continues his regular column in the Havering Daily.
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Residents living on Berwick Pond Close are not only fed up with visitors attending parties parking across their garages and
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Havering has seen 4,567 planning breaches in the last five years, making it the seventh highest in the UK. GetAgent
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