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
Cabinet approve temporary homes solutions to help tackle housing crisis
Havering Council has moved to tackle the local housing crisis head on with a raft of measures to increase temporary accommodation for local homeless families and individuals.
Como Street and Angel Way Car Park Proposals go to Strategic Planning Committee
The upcoming Strategic Planning Committee meeting on 23 January 2025 will include presentations and an update on the emerging proposals for Como Street and Angel Way Car Park.
Councillors visit Family Welcome Centre to see progress
Councillor Paul McGeary and Councillor Graham Williamson recently visited the construction site at the new Family Welcome Centre in Harold Hill to see the significant progress that has been made.
Planning application submitted for new family homes at Bedale Road
A Planning application for a 0.26 acre plot of land in an established residential location in Bedale Road, Harold Hill, has been earmarked for housing development.