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Havering Council have produced the following information regarding the opening times of their services over Christmas 2025 and the start of the New Year.

The leaflet below shows the changes to the rubbish, recycling and clinical waste collections over the Christmas 2025 period. The collection dates will return to normal from Monday 12 January 2026. There will not be any garden waste collections from Monday 22 December to Friday 02 January 2026.

Members and friends of Trinity United Reform Church in Station Road, Upminster would like to thank the talented men at Upminster Baptist Church Men’s Shed, who kindly made their new nativity scene figures, after the previous set was vandalised in 2024. They were proudly on display on

Every week, Havering Council publishes a lists of planning applications received within the previous seven days. To view the most recent list see the 09 – 15 December 2025 Weekly Planning List link. To view lists of earlier applications, see the Eight Week Planning Applications link.

On Saturday 20 December 2025 the Upminster Windmill sails will be turning (weather allowing) for their annual Christmas Fair. There will be Christmas fun for all the family, with goodies and those special stocking fillers available from local craft stalls, plus cake and refreshments available from their

Regarding our previous post highlighting the Christmas Tree Festival at Upminster Methodist Church, which ended on 14 December, we thought that we would share some lovely photos of the festival, that were kindly sent to us by one of the volunteers.

Two retrospective planning applications at the same location of Whitepost Farm, Ockendon Road, North Ockendon, have been refused by Havering Council’s Planning Department. The first (P0603.25) was a ‘Retrospective application for change of use of industrial estate to car sales and ancillary uses…’ The second (A0023.25) was

Havering Singers warmly invite you to their annual Christmas Concert on Saturday 20 December 2025 at 7:30pm. The concert is being held in St Peter’s Church, Gubbins Lane, Harold Wood RM3 0QA. Tickets cost £15 for adults (half price for children under 16) and can be purchased

Transport for London (TfL) have a section of their website dedicated to the Gallows Corner Flyover reconstruction. They have now started producing a monthly e-newsletter. The first of these is available via the Gallows Corner Flyover Renewal Project Monthly Update December 2025 link. This details what work

Every week, Havering Council publishes a lists of planning applications received within the previous seven days. To view the most recent list see the 02 – 08 December 2025 Weekly Planning List link. To view lists of earlier applications, see the Eight Week Planning Applications link.