Dovers Corner Development

Proposals which could see high rise blocks of flats at Dovers Corner in Rainham could be being resurrected after it was revealed that updated planning documents have been submitted to Havering Council.

Weston Homes first published details of their planning application to construct nearly 729 dwellings in March 2008. If granted permission by the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation, the plan would see 95 houses and 634 flats constructed on the site as part of a mixed housing, retail and commercial development on the current Dovers Corner Industrial Estate.

After a storm of local opposition the proposals had gone quiet and in the light of the market conditions in the property sector some had thought that the plans had simply gone away. But this week Havering Council published notification of receipt of revised and updated documents relating to the application.

Commenting James Brokenshire said:

"When these plans were first revealed my view was that this was over-development on a massive scale and nothing has changed. This is completely inappropriate and would be a disaster for Rainham.

"If these plans are approved they would set a hugely damaging precedent for future development in the area. We may need more homes but this high-density horror simply isn't the way to do it."

Details of the Weston Homes Planning application can be found at:
http://planning.havering.gov.uk/pls/portal/HAVERWEB.RPT_APPLICATION_DETAILS.SHOW?p_arg_names=reference&p_arg_values=U0002.08

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