
Havering - A unique location
As an outer London borough with borders into Essex, around 50 percent of Havering’s space is designated as parkland, making our borough one of the greenest in London.
Havering has a number of thriving towns, a proud community, excellent travel connections into London and Essex and has some great opportunities for businesses.
Havering is a fantastic place to live, work and visit.
Havering has an exciting regeneration agenda, to create even more places in our borough where people are proud to live and communities thrive.
Through our regeneration programmes we are:
- building modern, energy-efficient homes and well-connected neighbourhoods that are right for our borough
- providing new, high quality Council housing and increasing the amount of family-sized homes
- providing infrastructure to support new homes
- increasing opportunities for home ownership for Havering residents
- supporting healthy communities, fit for future generations
- supporting and investing in our local economy to create a thriving place
- protecting and celebrating our history and heritage
We are also committed to improving the existing housing stock that we have.
Read more here about our updated Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, as part of our work with the Greater London Authority (GLA).
Explore the investment and projects we are delivering
Social value in regeneration
Regeneration is about more than just building homes. It is about investing in building the communities around them too.
Social value is a term used to express the wider impacts regeneration can have, not just in terms of money, but also in relation to providing opportunities, spaces and places so that local people can meet, socialise, innovate, grow and learn in an environment that works for them.
Latest regeneration in Havering news
Students Gain First-Hand Experience at Family Welcome Centre Construction Site
Construction and Built Environment students from New City College visited the construction site of the Family Welcome Centre in Harold Hill earlier today (Thursday 23 October 2025).
Wates Residential and Havering Council Joint Venture award temporary modular homes contract
Rollalong, leading provider of innovative housing solutions, has been awarded the new contract by Wates Residential and Havering Council to supply temporary modular homes at Waterloo and Queen Street.
Progress for Waterloo and Queen Street Development as Blocks 9 and 10 Move to Planning Submission
The regeneration of the Waterloo and Queen Street site in Romford has reached another important milestone, with Blocks 9 and 10 progressing to planning submission.
Havering celebrates local excellence at 2025 Small Business Awards
Small businesses across Havering were in the spotlight last night to celebrate the winners of the fourth annual Havering Small Business Awards, held on Wednesday 24 September 2025.