Land bound by Chippenham Road, Kings Lynn Drive, Darftield W Romford RM3 8HX Data via plota.co.uk

N0016.26 Approved

Proposal

Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission Ref: dated 08/12/2025 to permit adjustments to approved plans (Redevelopment of the site and the erection of four residential blocks to provide 138 affordable housing units to include landscaping works, car parking, cycle parking, plant and associated works) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Apr 2026
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Approved
19 Jun 2026

Approved on 19 Jun 2026 · Last checked 10 Aug 2026

Associated applications 13

Site constraints 5

Air quality management area: Havering AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1923 m away: M25 junction 28 improvements; Inside the Havering built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Town centre about 30 m away: Harold Hill.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Havering
Postcode
RM3 8HX
Received
13 Apr 2026
Validated
13 Apr 2026
Decision
Apprv with cons Conditions/Reasons
Decision date
19 Jun 2026
Havering
Planning Authority Score
2.5/10
Poor
#251 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Havering is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #202 out of 296. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Havering is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 83% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Havering decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
74%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #290 of 296
83%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #262 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #202 of 296
47%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #207 of 296
42%
Minor dwellings approved
156 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
29%
Change of use approved
101 decided
1,501
Total decisions
385 refused in the year to March 2026