66-68 South Street Romford RM1 1RB Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission Ref: dated 12/05/2022 to allow for amendments to: - Marginal changes to line of external envelope - Marginal changes to position and size of external windows and doors - Rooflights omitted - Internal changes to 5 residential units - Changes to podium garden layout and landscaping - Addition of roof ladder - removal of glazing top of the entrance door and bin/cycle store (Demolition of 2-storey retail/commercial building and erection of 4-storey mixed use building containing 3 x Class E units and 4 x 1-bed, 8 x 2-bed and 7 x 3-bed Class C3 residential flats.) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
28 Jul 2026
Approved
25 Aug 2026

Approved on 25 Aug 2026 · Last checked 5 Sept 2026

Associated applications 2

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Site constraints 4

Archaeological priority area: Early post-medieval settlement site.
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
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 ↗
Town centre: Romford
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
Also on the record
Inside the Havering built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
RM1 1RB
Received
28 Jul 2026
Validated
28 Jul 2026
Ward
St Edwards
Case officer
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Target decision
25 Aug 2026
Decision
Approve no cons Conditions/Reasons
Decision date
25 Aug 2026
Applicant
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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