Havering Council have launched a consultation on proposals for the 2024 budget for the borough. With council finances reaching a perilous state, some difficult decisions on cutbacks will have to be made and so it is important that members of the public give their views on what

Cllr Phil Ruck (Upminster and Cranham Residents’ Association councillor for Cranham Ward) has written the following article highlighting the reasons why Havering is currently facing financial hardship. You may have seen many articles/social media posts about Havering Council potentially going bankrupt. What has actually happened is that

Havering Council have asked the Leader of the council, Cllr Ray Morgan, to agree to apply for £650,000 of funding from National Highways, to make repairs and improvements to Upminster’s historic tithe barn. The funding is part of money allocated by the Department of Transport for projects

Congratulations go to Hall Mead School, who have retained their Outstanding rating, following a recent Ofsted inspection. Headteacher, Miss Ducker, says “As I am sure you can appreciate, after a long ten years’ wait, there has been an incredible amount of hard work behind the scenes invested

The Department for Health and Social Care has launched a fund to help fund public accessible defibrillators. Applications are now open for the £1 million Defibrillator Community Automated External Defibrillators (AED) fund. This will provide 2,000 new public access defibrillators for communities across England. Anyone can apply

Havering Council’s Planning and Building Control department have recently issued a decision on another planning application that attracted interest from residents when it was originally submitted. P1087.23 (REFUSED Decision Issued 02-10-23) – 1A Howard Road Upminster. Demolition of existing commercial unit and construction of a flatted block to

Havering Council’s Planning and Building Control department have recently issued decisions on three planning applications that attracted interest from residents when they were originally submitted. J0016.23 (APPROVED Decision Issued 29-09-23) – 24 to 46 Falkirk Court, Falkirk Close, Hornchurch. Application for prior notification of development of upward