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London Borough of Havering planning intelligence
Local Plan stage, adopted plan, plan period and published housing position for London Borough of Havering, read from the national planning data platform on 20/09/2026.
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Local Plan stage
Draft plan published
Late but possible — allocations are being fixed.
Five-year supply
5.0years
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets
Housing Delivery Test
40%
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets
Annual housing requirement
1,262homes pa
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets
Plan-making and delivery position
How favourable is this authority's position for promoting land right now?
- Local Plan progressDraft plan published
A draft plan with proposed policies and site allocations has been published, usually ahead of or alongside Regulation 18/19 consultation.
- Five-year housing land supply5.0 years
At or above the five-year requirement on the published position.
- Housing Delivery Test40% delivered
Below 75% — the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies.
- Evidence coverage held100%
3 planning documents indexed for this authority.
What does this mean?
Read the plan stage first: allocation routes narrow considerably once a plan reaches examination.
Local Plan stage
Draft plan published
A draft plan with proposed policies and site allocations has been published, usually ahead of or alongside Regulation 18/19 consultation.
Submitting land: Late but possible — allocations are being fixed.
Published position
- Local Plan stage
- Draft plan published
- Adopted development plan
- Havering Local Plan 2016-2031
- Emerging Local Plan
- Havering Local Plan Update
- Plan period
- 2016 to 2031
- Housing figure in the plan document
- 18,930 homes
- Annual housing requirement
- 1262 homes a year
- Five-year housing land supply
- 5 years
- Housing Delivery Test
- 40%
- Plan documents held nationally
- 3
A draft plan with proposed policies and site allocations has been published, usually ahead of or alongside Regulation 18/19 consultation.
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Open Government Licence) · dated 2021-11-17
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Open Government Licence) · dated 2021-11-17
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets · dated 2016-03-31
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets · dated 2016-03-31
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets · dated 2026-08-17
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Open Government Licence)
Where a figure has not been published in our sources it is shown as data currently unavailable. It is never inferred or estimated.
Development pressure & opportunity outlook
A 0-100 index of how much pressure London Borough of Havering is under to release new land, built only from published evidence, followed by what that evidence means for promoting land here over the next 12-24 months.
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Ask the Local Plan reader
Ask a question about London Borough of Havering's indexed planning documents and get an answer with document, page and policy citations — never a summary without a source you can check.
What this means for a landowner
The plan stage tells you whether allocation is still realistically available. Early stages — evidence gathering and Regulation 18 — are when sites are selected, so a Call for Sites submission has the greatest effect. Once a plan reaches Regulation 19 or examination, the practical routes narrow to soundness representations, the next plan review, or an application relying on the authority's land supply position.
The housing figures matter for the same reason. An authority that cannot demonstrate a five-year supply, or that falls below the Housing Delivery Test thresholds, applies the presumption in favour of sustainable development differently — which is what practitioners mean by the tilted balance.
Common questions
- What stage is the London Borough of Havering Local Plan at?
- Draft plan published. A draft plan with proposed policies and site allocations has been published, usually ahead of or alongside Regulation 18/19 consultation.
- Can I still submit land to London Borough of Havering?
- Late but possible — allocations are being fixed.
- Can London Borough of Havering demonstrate a five-year housing land supply?
- The published position is 5 years. Figures move as monitoring is updated, so always check the authority's latest statement.
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This assessment is an automated planning intelligence report based on available public data. It does not constitute planning, legal, valuation or other professional advice and does not guarantee that planning permission will be granted.