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The Common Church Road Romford RM4 1LD

P1798.22FullApproved

Approved on 7 November 2023

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Part retrospective application for the change of use of land to private Gypsy and Traveller Site comprising 25 pitches including the siting of static mobile homes, touring caravans and erection of dayroom/utility buildings

Received
2 November 2022
Ward
Gooshays
  1. Received2 Nov
  2. Validated8 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 364 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Common Church Road Romford RM4 1LD. Havering has handled 1,984 applications of this type. This one was decided in 370 days, 45 weeks longer than Havering's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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
8 November 2022
Consultation expiry
1 January 2023
Target decision date
7 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ms Sarah Threlfall The Gatehouse 116-118 Rainsford Road Chelmsford CM1 2QL

Planning decision

Statutory period
364 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 December 2022
Advertisement expiry
1 January 2023
Site notice start
25 November 2022
Site notice end
16 December 2022

Additional information

Documents
9

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.

Source: Havering

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

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