Planning application
HOMEBASE, DAVIDSON WAY ROMFORD RM7 0AJ
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Demolition of existing building and structures on site, and the erection of a residential-led development (including affordable housing) and class E/F1/F2 floorspace, the creation of new public open space and a riverside walk, landscaping and naturalisation works, highway works, provision of new cycle and pedestrian routes, car parking and cycle parking, and associated infrastructure works.
As published by the council, reference P0705.26
Application record
- Reference
- P0705.26
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Undecided
- Received
- 9 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 16 Jun 2026
- Ward
- St Albans
- Postcode
- RM7 0AJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Jun 2026
Received by Havering
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16 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 11 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Havering took a median of 63 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
42 documents on file for this application
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