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Resident Darren Taylor contacted a Cranham Ward Councillor raising concerns over the availability of a safe crossing point in Front Lane, near Isis Drive. Darren suggested that “At a time when there are several government and council initiatives to encourage walking or ‘taking your bike to school’

Further to our article earlier this week announcing that the Upminster and Cranham Residents’ Association had submitted independently produced reports to Havering Council, highlighting why the planning application to develop the Hall Lane Mini Golf site into housing should be rejected, we are now able to publish

Cranham Ward Councillors have continued to challenge the Council’s proposals for the Hall Lane Upminster Mini Golf site and the appropriation, disposal and development of 48 properties, by Havering Council’s own housing company, Mercury Land Holdings Ltd. The Upminster & Cranham Residents Association (UCRA) recently commissioned an

As part of the London Assembly’s efforts to improve air quality and reduce pollution, the Mayor of London in partnership with the Woodland Trust is giving away 30,000 free trees to London households. Applications must be made by 11 November 2019 and will go into a London

Seven Residents’ Associations from across Havering are now working in partnership as part of the new ‘Havering’s Residents Associations‘. Although each association (including our own Upminster and Cranham Residents’ Association) continues to retain its separate identity, they will all increasingly work in partnership to promote the issues

As many people will be aware, the consultation event regarding the proposed development of houses and flats on Green Belt land south of Kerry Drive in Cranham (next to Heron Way and Mallard Close), took place on 17 September. The three Residents’ Association Cranham Ward councillors attended

The consultation exhibition for the proposed development of land behind Heron Way, south of Kerry Drive (adjacent to the Brickfields Local Nature Reserve), is launched today (17 September) between 3.30pm and 7.30pm at Sacred Heart of Mary Girls’ School, St. Mary’s Lane, Upminster. The open session was

A few months ago a local resident contacted us to suggest that extra trees be planted on the grass along Front Lane, Cranham, in the area near to Griffin Avenue and the flats in Gadsden Close, to brighten up the area further and help absorb carbon dioxide.

Havering’s Highways, Traffic and Parking department rectified some potholes in the Front Lane car park last year, but those that use this facility will be fully aware that the surface has deteriorated to an unacceptable level. After raising concerns about the current condition, we can now confirm