Havering - A unique location
As an outer London borough with borders into Essex, around 50 percent of Havering’s space is designated as parkland, making our borough one of the greenest in London.
Havering has a number of thriving towns, a proud community, excellent travel connections into London and Essex and has some great opportunities for businesses.
Havering is a fantastic place to live, work and visit.
Havering has an exciting regeneration agenda, to create even more places in our borough where people are proud to live and communities thrive.
Through our regeneration programmes we are:
- building modern, energy-efficient homes and well-connected neighbourhoods that are right for our borough
- providing new, high quality Council housing and increasing the amount of family-sized homes
- providing infrastructure to support new homes
- increasing opportunities for home ownership for Havering residents
- supporting healthy communities, fit for future generations
- supporting and investing in our local economy to create a thriving place
- protecting and celebrating our history and heritage
We are also committed to improving the existing housing stock that we have.
Read more here about our updated Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, as part of our work with the Greater London Authority (GLA).
Explore the investment and projects we are delivering
Social value in regeneration
Regeneration is about more than just building homes. It is about investing in building the communities around them too.
Social value is a term used to express the wider impacts regeneration can have, not just in terms of money, but also in relation to providing opportunities, spaces and places so that local people can meet, socialise, innovate, grow and learn in an environment that works for them.
Latest regeneration in Havering news
First of five village greens dedicated
The community of Platford Green and Tyle Green, Emerson Park, celebrated the dedication of its new village green on Sunday 20 July 2025.
New showhome opens at development on former college site in Harold Hill
The partners in a scheme to provide 120 new homes on the former Havering College campus in Harold Hill came together to mark the next milestone in the major regeneration project.
Demolition begins on Chippenham Road to make way for 138 new homes in Harold Hill
The demolition of empty buildings on Chippenham Road starts this week, paving the way for 138 much-needed new homes in Harold Hill, Havering.
Mercury Land Holdings Announces Progress on Priory Road Development
Mercury Land Holdings is pleased to announce the start of construction on the highly anticipated Priory Road development.