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Havering

Havering approved 74.4% of the applications it decided, 12.6% below the England average.

Approved

74.4%

England 87%

Decided on time

97%

Inside the statutory period

Applications a year

1,512

Decided in the reporting year

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Against the country

Harder than the average.

The England benchmark is 87%. It is the share of decided applications that were approved, so a withdrawal counts as neither. Source: MHCLG Live Table P120A (England, rolling 12-month).

What we hold, and what we do not

Havering

74.4%

England

87%

Standard-method local housing need: 2,429 dwellings a year.

The rules here

What this authority decides against.

An application is judged against the adopted development plan unless material considerations say otherwise. This is that plan, and the levy that comes with it.

Local planHavering Local Plan 2016-2031
Adopted2021-11-17

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Wren reads the plan, the policies and the charging schedule on this page and answers from those. Every answer links the source it drew on, so you can check it against the council’s own document.

What Wren does here

25.6% of applications here are refused.

Havering decided 1,512 applications in the reporting year, and refused about 25.6% of them. A refusal is usually a document problem rather than a scheme problem: the policy that governs it was not addressed, or the evidence it asks for was not there.

Wren drafts against Havering Local Plan 2016-2031, a chartered planner reads the draft and signs it under their own indemnity, and a case manager files it and chases it. A householder application is £499, and Havering's own statutory fee is separate and paid by you directly to them.

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