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Land NE of Church Road, Noak Hill Romford RM4 1LD

P1530.25FullRefused

Refused on 17 March 2026

Proposal

Part-Retrospective - Change of use of the land for the stationing of 8 pitches for Gypsy / traveller occupation including the stationing of 8 static homes, 8 touring caravans and 8 day rooms. Associated hard and soft landscaping

Received
1 December 2025
Ward
Gooshays
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land NE of Church Road, Noak Hill Romford RM4 1LD. Havering has handled 1,984 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than Havering's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Gooshays. We hold 272 applications in total for the RM4 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
RM4 1LD
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Consultation expiry
6 March 2026
Target decision date
18 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Simon McKay Studio 1 305a Goldhawk Road London W12 8EU

Planning decision

Statutory period
62 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
20 February 2026
Site notice start
13 February 2026
Site notice end
6 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Havering
  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    1 Dec

    Part retrospective - Change of use of the land for the stationing of 6 pitches for Gypsy / traveller…

    RefusedFullFiled alongsideP1483.25
  2. 2025
    1 Dec

    Part-Retrospective - Change of use of the land for the stationing of 8 pitches for Gypsy / traveller…

    This applicationRefusedFullP1530.25

Source: Havering

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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