With reference to the ongoing planning application (P0248.19) to redevelop the miniature golf course in Hall Lane, Upminster (see our previous posts), a revised application has been submitted to the Council’s Planning Department. The updated application has removed the previously proposed flats and reduced the number of

We have been informed that Havering Council’s Conservative Administration are proposing a six month trial of free 30-minute parking bays in selected areas of Hornchurch and Upminster. The full report is yet to be published but it has apparently been signed off by the Cabinet Member for

Sadly, we have been informed that Swan Books in Corbets Tey Road, Upminster will permanently close on 18 January this year. Most people in Upminster will have visited their shop at one time or another and it will undoubtedly be a loss to the town. We have

On Tuesday 17 December, Havering Council’s Highways Advisory Committee approved the proposed 20mph zone for the whole of the Dury Falls Estate, including Dury Falls Close. This decision followed traffic censuses in Hedingham Road and Benets Road and a public consultation of over 600 homes and other

Several of the elected Residents’ Association groups on Havering Council (including our own UCRA) are working together to provide a united Opposition on Havering Council. Together with other Associations in the area, they have formed ‘Havering’s Residents Associations‘ (HRA), with the intention of standing candidates across the

Anyone in Havering who needs an urgent consultation with a doctor can now book appointments on weekday evenings, weekends and bank holidays, including Christmas Day. Same day, urgent appointments are available every weekday evening between 6.30pm and 10pm, and between 8am and 8pm at weekends. Appointments can

A memorial tree planting in memory of our dearly missed friend and colleague, Cllr Clarence Barrett, took place this morning (Friday 13 December) on the green in Westbury Terrace, Upminster, at the junction with Ashvale Drive. Attended by members of Clarence’s family, friends and former colleagues, the

Upminster councillors have been informed that the outline planning application for a ‘Proposed Adventure Golf Facility with ancillary overspill car parking associated with existing golf course’ (P1527.19) at Cranham Golf Course, St. Mary’s Lane has been refused. Further details, including the full wording of the reasons for