1-8 Cromwells Mere The communal grounds surrounding Romford RM1 4HU

T0160.25TreesApproved

Approved on 22 December 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)

Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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Proposal

Raise Canopy Height to 2.5 meters

Received: 1 December 2025
Council: London Borough of Havering

ReceivedReceived1 Dec
ValidatedValidated1 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date12 Jan
DecidedDecided22 Dec

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1-8 Cromwells Mere The communal grounds surrounding Romford RM1 4HU. Havering has handled 203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks quicker than Havering's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 589 applications in total for the RM1 postcode area.

82% of trees applications at London Borough of Havering were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode: RM1 4HU
Application type: Trees
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 December 2025
Target decision date: 12 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr Eric Stevenson Cromwells Mere Residents Assoc Ltd 3 Cromwells Mere Romford Essex RM1 4HU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

Source: Havering

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