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
Cabinet Approves New Village Greens
Havering’s Cabinet Members voted at last night’s Cabinet meeting (Wednesday 11 June 2025) to create village green status for two much-loved green spaces in the borough.
Cabinet to consider more village greens for Havering
Havering Council’s Cabinet Members will this week consider the proposal for two new village green spaces for the community.
Planning permission granted for pilot modular home scheme
Planning permission has been granted for the 18 modular homes on the Waterloo and Queen Street Estate in Romford, marking a milestone for the pilot project.
Dorrington Gardens Car Park approved by Strategic Planning Committee
The proposed development for Dorrington Gardens car park has been approved by Havering Council’s Strategic Planning Committee on Thursday 8 May 2025.