WEA Planning are Havering planning consultants offering advice on all levels of planning application from small-scale house conversions up to large commercial projects.
We can help you gain the planning permission you need, regardless of the type of proposal:
Confirmation that a development can be built using permitted development rights.
Prior notification - an express application scheme for smaller projects.
Development in Havering conservation areas or where you need listed building consent.
Change of use in Greenwich - for applications where no structural changes take place, but the building is used for a different purpose.
Residential extensions, basements or loft conversions in Havering.
Commercial developments, including new build and change of use.
Our experience working on planning projects in across London covers all the different stages of the planning process.
We can help you with:
Initial consultations and pre-application submissions.
Making a full planning application to the London Borough of Havering.
Applications to remove or vary a planning condition.
Negotiating Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) contributions.
Obtaining Certificates of lawful use.
Planning appeals and public inquiries.
Making representations at Havering planning committee meetings. Most applications will not need to go this go through this process, but even a smaller planning application can be called before the committee if there are a sufficient number of unsatisfied objections.
With experience across many different sectors, WEA Planning can help with your scheme, whatever the nature and type of building proposal it is. We have worked on all of the following types of scheme across London:
Residential schemes, including securing planning permission for large garden outbuildings, extensions, home offices and conversions from offices to flats.
Commercial planning applications.
Educational buildings, health centres and similar such public sector planning applications.
Other usage types (sui generis). This planning application type covers any kind of building which does not already have its own usage class.
Havering is located in East London, bordered by the River Thames to the south and Essex to the east. It is part of the Outer London boroughs.
Havering has a population of around 250,000. Some of the key centres in Havering include Romford, Hornchurch and Upminster.
The area benefits from plenty of green spaces and features numerous parks, such as Hylands Park and Bedfords Park.
The borough has good transport links, benefitting from the opening of the Elizabeth Line, as well as the district line.
The borough faces significant opportunities for change and development. Havering Council are driving regeneration into Romford town centre, with plans for 1070 homes, a school, health care facilities, and commercial units.
The borough also has significant planning challenges and constraints. Key issues in the borough are mitigating flood risk, risk to heritage assets and designated open space and green belt.
The Local Plan informs the policies which guide development across the borough, this includes residential, commercial, parks and other public infrastructure. These policies are important to decide whether to approve planning applications.
The Local Plan 2016-2031 was adopted in 2021.
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WEA Planning have a successful track record of gaining planning approvals across London. We are Havering planning consultants who can make representations to the London Borough of Havering planning team on your behalf.
The London Borough of Havering has statutory listed buildings and structures, locally listed buildings and structures, 11 conservation areas, and 3 scheduled ancient monuments.
Details of the locally listed and statutory listed heritage assets in the borough can be found online.
Article 4 Directions
Article 4 Directions enable a local authority to remove certain permitted development rights. This means that for the specified development a planning application will need to be submitted.
The borough has article 4's in place for some of the conservation areas in the borough. There is an article 4 for changes in use from dwelling house to a HMO across parts of the borough. There is more detail on the borough's website.
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Are you looking for Havering planning consultants who can advise you on all stages of the planning process? Contact us today to see how we can help!