Upminster & Cranham Residents' Association

Havering Council have published the revised rubbish collection days over Christmas and the New Year. For further details (including how to report a missed collection) see their website.   Christmas bank holiday revised collections for recycling (orange sacks), rubbish (black sacks) and clinical waste Normal collection date Revised collection date Tuesday 24 December Tues 24 December Wednesday 25 December Friday 27 December Thursday...

Recently I was contacted by a Cranham Resident who needed to renew their Blue Disabled Badge but did not have computer access. Whilst the application and renewal processes are easiest if completed online via the Havering Council website, if you specifically want a paper application form sent to you for either, you can contact the...

For the latest updates on new and planned roadworks in the Upminster and Cranham area visit – www.havering.roadworks.org . Please note that until Friday 20 December the M25 will be closed anti-clockwise between Junction 28 (A12) and Junction 27 (M11) from 10pm until 5am each night. This is due to Highways England maintenance. Traffic will be diverted...

A memorial tree planting in memory of our dearly missed friend and colleague, Cllr Clarence Barrett, took place this morning (Friday 13 December) on the green in Westbury Terrace, Upminster, at the junction with Ashvale Drive. Attended by members of Clarence's family, friends and former colleagues, the Deputy Mayor of Havering, Cllr John Mylod, gave...

Local Residents' Association councillors have recently been contacted by a small number of residents who have either not been receiving copies of Havering Council's Living in Havering magazine or who have received multiple copies.  In one recent example, a resident in Cranham had eight copies posted through their door all at the same time. The...

Upminster councillors have been informed that the outline planning application for a 'Proposed Adventure Golf Facility with ancillary overspill car parking associated with existing golf course' (P1527.19) at Cranham Golf Course, St. Mary's Lane has been refused. Further details, including the full wording of the reasons for refusal, are available on Havering Council's website via...

Many people across the country occasionally find themselves unable to make a Council Tax payment on time, often due to circumstances outside of their control. Councils are bound by national regulations which states what course of action they must take to recover the money. After sending initial and reminder letters, if the outstanding debt is...

The Local Government Boundary Commission is responsible for conducting reviews of local authority arrangements. They are currently reviewing Havering's elected councillor numbers and ward boundaries. The London Borough of Havering has not been reviewed since 1999 and the Commission has therefore decided that it should be done in advance of the elections in 2022. As part...

For the latest updates on new and planned roadworks in the Upminster and Cranham area visit – www.havering.roadworks.org . Please note that the timescale for the ongoing gas main replacement works in Ockendon Road, North Ockendon, near to the junction with Fen Lane, has been extended by nearly two weeks and they are now due to continue...