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Verve Apartments 5 Mercury Gardens Romford RM1 3FD

Awaiting decision Havering P0903.25 Full

Works: New dwelling

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Proposal

Variation of conditions 2 (parking) and 3 (refuse and recycling facilities) of planning application J0026.15 dated 28/10/2015 to allow for reduction in the number of required parking spaces and retention of refuse and recycling facilities as existing (Change of Use from (Class B1 (a)) to residential use (Class C3) for 115 proposed new flats))

As published by the council, reference P0903.25

Application record

Reference
P0903.25
Type
Full
Status
Undecided
Received
4 Jul 2025
Validated
7 Aug 2025
Ward
St Edwards
Postcode
RM1 3FD

Site history

Applications at this address on the Havering register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025.

  • P0904.25 Awaiting decision

    Verve Apartments 5 Mercury Gardens Romford RM1 3FD

    Variation of conditions 1 (cycle space, refuse and recycling facilities) and 2 (car parking spaces) of planning application P1591.20 dated 26/09/2024 to allow for a reduction in the number of required parking spaces and retention of refuse and recycling facilities as existing (The retention of 22 self contained apartments)

    Submitted 4 Jul 2025 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Jul 2025

    Received by Havering

  2. 7 Aug 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 2 October 2025, 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

5 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

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