Havering Council's Planning Committee has approved plans for 138 affordable homes on Chippenham Road, following a decision to authorise the stopping up of a section of the highway.
The committee met on Thursday, 15 October 2026, and voted to authorise the stopping up of highway land at Chippenham Road, Heaton Ward. This action is a necessary step to enable a development that has already received a resolution to grant planning permission for 138 affordable housing units under application reference P1150.24.
The stopping up of the highway is required because the approved development will encroach onto the existing public highway. Council highway officers raised no objections to the proposal, deeming it acceptable in highway terms.
The process for the stopping up order will involve a statutory consultation period of 28 days. If objections are received from a local authority, statutory undertaker, or gas transporter, and are not withdrawn, the council must notify the Mayor of London and cause a local inquiry to be held.
If objections come from other persons and are not withdrawn, the Mayor will decide if an inquiry is necessary. The stopping up order was approved by the committee.
The decision is subject to the grant of planning permission for the housing development, payment of all associated costs by the applicant, and any direction from the Mayor of London. London boroughs have the power to make stopping up orders under section 247 of the Town and Country Planning Act, but it is subject to a direction from the Mayor. The specific implications or conditions the Mayor might impose are not detailed beyond this procedural requirement.
Further details on the planning application can be found in the Public reports pack for the meeting held on 15 October 2026, which also included the Agenda frontsheet and Supplementary Agenda.