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London City Airport expansion planning application

HACAN EAST, a campaign group representing residents affected by the flight paths of both London City and Heathrow airports, has informed us that the owners of London City Airport have submitted a planning application to Newham Council, to make changes to the airport’s existing planning permission conditions. The

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New council waste contract announced

Havering Council have announced that they have signed a contract to provide waste collection, street cleaning and other related services, from 30 July 2023. Some of the more significant points are  – Weekly waste and recycling collections will continue Glass bottles etc. will be able to be

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Preventing catalytic converter theft

Catalytic converter theft from vehicles is unfortunately a common occurrence, with thieves attracted to the different precious metals contained in them. Below is some basic advice on keeping you vehicle safe. For further advice visit the Met Police website – www.met.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/keeping-vehicles-safe/catalytic-converter-theft/ .

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Update on River Ingrebourne inspection

Following on from our earlier post regarding the Environment Agency agreeing to inspect River Ingrebourne near to the Dury Falls Estate, this took place on 29 November 2022 and the Environment Agency’s field team will now clear the fallen trees and debris found along the river.

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Lower Thames Crossing Development Consent Order accepted for detailed examination

(Original post of 30 November 2022 updated on 01 December 2022) On 28 November 2022, the Government’s independent planning authority, the Planning Inspectorate, accepted National Highways application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for detailed examination of the Lower Thames Crossing proposals. This means that the project

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