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Orange Tree Hill, Havering-atte-bower, Romford, RM4 1PB

F0003.25Prior Approval: Excavation/Deposit waste for agricultureRefused

Refused on 8 July 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Bower Farm Earthworks

Submitted
10 June 2025
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Orange Tree Hill, Havering-atte-bower, Romford, RM4 1PB. Havering has handled 1 application of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Havering's typical decision time. The site is in the Havering-atte-Bower conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Havering-atte-Bower. We hold 272 applications in total for the RM4 postcode area.

77% of all applications at London Borough of Havering were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RM4 1PB
Application type
Prior Approval: Excavation/Deposit waste for agriculture

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    10 Oct

    Conversion and refurbishment of existing buildings to provide additional residential accommodation for…

    ALL DECISIONS ISSUEDDischarge of conditionsQ0185.25
  2. 2025
    10 Sep

    T1 Oak Remove T2 Oak Remove The tree works are proposed to stop the influence of the tree(s) on the soil…

    ApprovedApplicationT0116.25
  3. 2025
    19 Aug

    The proposal is to improve and re-grade the levels on Bower Farm to create a more usable field area to the…

    ApprovedFull planning permissionP1006.25
  4. 2025
    9 May

    Removal of conditions 11, 14 and 15 of planning permission P1566.23 dated 10/01/2025 (Conversion and…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)P0644.25
  5. 2025
    25 Mar

    20.398 - Bower Classrooms - Minor Amendment - Solar Panels

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentN0016.25

Source: Havering

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