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Havering Local Plan: adopted policies and emerging plans

Havering adopted its Local Plan 2016–2031 on 17 November 2021, retaining the earlier site-specific allocations and joint waste document. The borough update page still identifies evidence gathering as its current stage. The East London Joint Waste Plan is a separate examination process, following submission in January 2026.

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London Borough of Havering, England
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Review status
AI-assisted source check. Professional planning review not completed.

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Havering Council’s register is explicit about partial replacement: current borough policies sit alongside retained 2008 allocations. A policy schedule should therefore identify the specific retained allocation instead of treating every old plan as wholly superseded or wholly operative.

Adopted development-plan documents

Read the relevant policy wording and map together. An unverified date is a gap in this profile, not a finding that a document has no legal effect.

  • Havering Local Plan 2016–2031

    Adopted. November 2021.

    Adopted .

    The adopted plan replaced the 2008 Core Strategy and Development Control Policies and the policy provisions of the 2008 Romford Area Action Plan. The council distinguishes these superseded policies from the earlier allocations that remain listed as adopted.

    Plan period and recorded dates
    Plan period
    2016 to 2031
    Adopted or made
    Separate effective date
    Not verified

  • Site Specific Allocations DPD

    Adopted. 2008 allocations retained.

    Site allocations remain within the current adopted register. Use the individual site entry with the relevant adopted map sheet and current borough policies rather than importing superseded strategic or development-control policies from the same period.

    Plan period and recorded dates
    Plan period
    Not verified
    Adopted or made
    Exact date not verified
    Separate effective date
    Not verified

  • Site Specific Allocations in the Romford Area Action Plan

    Adopted. 2008 allocations retained.

    Only the retained site-specific allocations are listed here. The council states that the old area-action-plan policies were replaced in 2021, so the status of an allocation should not be extended to the entire historic document.

    Plan period and recorded dates
    Plan period
    Not verified
    Adopted or made
    Exact date not verified
    Separate effective date
    Not verified

  • Joint Waste Development Plan

    Adopted. 2012.

    Joint framework with Barking and Dagenham, Newham and Redbridge for locating and assessing waste-management development. It remains listed as adopted while the replacement plan is examined.

    Plan period and recorded dates
    Plan period
    Not verified
    Adopted or made
    Exact date not verified
    Separate effective date
    Not verified

  • London Plan 2021

    Adopted. March 2021.

    London-wide strategic development policies apply alongside the borough documents. Its chapters address housing, design, social infrastructure, the economy, heritage, green infrastructure, sustainable infrastructure and transport. Use the current GLA publication when checking a reference in an older borough document.

    Plan period and recorded dates
    Plan period
    Not verified
    Adopted or made
    Exact date not verified
    Separate effective date
    Not verified

Policies maps and site boundaries

The council links separate North and South 2021 policies-map sheets. Both entries direct readers to current Environment Agency flood mapping for updated flood information. Use the appropriate geographic sheet, and avoid treating a flood depiction fixed in the 2021 plan as the latest flood dataset.

Emerging plans and examination progress

The update page lists character and design, employment, archaeology, housing, open-space, sport and retail evidence. Its stage marker remains evidence gathering. The consultation page says there are no live planning-policy consultations; that statement concerns the page checked and does not establish that no examination activity is taking place.

The September 2026 forward plan lists a proposed Cabinet decision on the Local Plan timetable and notice of plan making for 16 September. This is a future governance entry at the 8 September check, not an adopted timetable or a completed notice. Forward-plan dates can change and should be rechecked against the eventual decision.

The joint waste examination news confirms hearings took place on 15 and 16 June 2026. Its 5 August update publishes further documents and representations at the modifications stage. This is the latest progress evidenced here; no adoption is recorded on the checked news page.

  • Havering Local Plan Update

    Emerging: Evidence gathering. Evidence gathering.

    The council’s live update page identifies reviewing and collecting evidence as the current stage. It explains that the Inspector requested an immediate review after the 2021 adoption to reflect policy changes and identify housing sites. Publication and adoption are later separate steps.

    Plan period and recorded dates
    Plan period
    Not verified
    Adopted or made
    Not adopted in checked sources
    Separate effective date
    Not verified

  • East London Joint Waste Plan

    Emerging: examination, modifications stage. Modifications stage, August 2026.

    The four boroughs submitted the replacement on 30 January 2026. Earlier Regulation 18 and 19 consultations have closed. The examination is hosted by Redbridge and should be tracked independently of Havering’s borough-plan update.

    Plan period and recorded dates
    Plan period
    Not verified
    Adopted or made
    Not adopted in checked sources
    Separate effective date
    Not verified

Published milestones and events

  • Local Plan adopted

    The council’s current register records adoption and explains which earlier policies were replaced.

  • Joint waste plan submitted

    The shared replacement entered independent examination.

  • Scheduled timetable decision

    A proposed Cabinet decision in the September forward plan; future and unconfirmed at this check.

  • Waste examination modifications update

    The official news page lists additional borough documents and representations following the June hearings.

Check the official programme before attending a hearing or relying on a deadline. A consultation, hearing or inspector's report is distinct from adoption. This page is a checked snapshot, not a live calendar.

Local design and supporting guidance

The Romford masterplan is supplementary guidance, whereas the retained Romford site allocations are development-plan provisions. The borough Character Study is listed as evidence for the update. Preserve those distinct roles when discussing regeneration proposals or citing a document as adopted policy.

  • Residential Extensions and Alterations SPD

    Supplementary guidance. 2011 adopted-SPD listing.

    Domestic extension and alteration guidance remains listed alongside Heritage 2011 and area guidance for Hall Lane and Emerson Park. Its application depends on the proposal and location, with the current Local Plan providing the adopted policy framework.

    Plan period and recorded dates
    Plan period
    Not verified
    Adopted or made
    Exact date not verified
    Separate effective date
    Not verified

  • Romford Town Centre Masterplan SPD

    Supplementary guidance. 2025.

    The adopted register links the masterplan and adoption statement. It notes a factual amendment to Figure 115 removing a potential pedestrian link between Dolphin Approach and Main Road; obtain the currently linked version when discussing that route.

    Plan period and recorded dates
    Plan period
    Not verified
    Adopted or made
    Exact date not verified
    Separate effective date
    Not verified

Design guidance does not establish that work is permitted development. Check the national rules, planning conditions and any relevant local restrictions.

What to do for your property

  1. For a Romford site, combine the current borough policies with the retained allocation and latest masterplan. Elsewhere, check whether Hall Lane or Emerson Park guidance applies. For waste-related land, use the 2012 adopted framework and inspect the separate replacement examination before changing the policy-status description.

Keep the document versions, maps and date of your check with your project notes. A boundary, policy conflict or transition may need assessment by the relevant authority or a suitably qualified planning professional.

Sources, review and changes

These AI-assisted checks cover published document identity, status, dates and links. They do not decide how policy applies to an individual site, and professional planning review has not been completed.

Source-check dates describe when we inspected the source. They do not renew automatically when the website is rebuilt. We link to official documents without claiming a licence over them or republishing them.

Official source register (7 sources)

First published . Recorded adopted and emerging documents, source dates and stated gaps.

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