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Havering Council is currently scrutinising past regeneration projects to ensure future residential developments are supported by essential infrastructure.

Havering Council's Place Overview and Scrutiny Sub Committee is currently scrutinising past regeneration projects to learn how to better integrate infrastructure with future residential developments. In September 2026, the committee identified "Lessons Learned from Regeneration Projects (Placemaking)" as a key focus for its work programme, aiming to ensure new housing is robustly supported by essential infrastructure and growth is effectively sequenced.

This ongoing work by Havering Council addresses the critical need for projects involving the construction or modification of properties intended for people to live in to be planned comprehensively. The committee's focus is on enhancing the creation of desirable places, drawing on previous experiences to inform future residential growth.

Key facts

  1. Havering Council's Place Overview and Scrutiny Sub Committee identified "Lessons Learned from Regeneration Projects (Placemaking)" as a key area in September 2026. Source
  2. The committee aims to ensure housing developments are robustly supported by essential infrastructure. Source
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