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Highfield Towers Hillrise Road Romford RM5 3DG

P0557.26FullApproved

Approved on 6 July 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of existing cladding & brickwork system and installing new insulation to the resistance to fire with an A1 fire rated external rainscreen cladding & brick slip system. Removal and replacement of existing windows, spandrel panels & AOVAC. Removal of existing combustible roof systems and replaced with a minimum of BroofT4 to improve the resistance to fire.

Received
1 May 2026
Ward
Havering-atte-Bower
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Jul
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Highfield Towers Hillrise Road Romford RM5 3DG. Havering has handled 1,984 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Havering's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Havering-atte-Bower. We hold 347 applications in total for the RM5 postcode area.

78% of full 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
RM5 3DG
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2026
Target decision date
6 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Miss Bailey Sturch 8 Ambley Green Gillingham Business Park Gillingham ME8 0NJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: HaveringPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: Havering

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