RM11 · Hornchurch & Emerson Park
RM11 covers Hornchurch and the leafy Emerson Park — the Langtons and St Andrew's Church conservation areas among them. Generous suburban plots support extensions and lofts under permitted development, with conservation designation and the borough's HMO Article 4 the exceptions to verify.
Location data: postcodes.io · Constraints: planning.data.gov.uk (borough-level) · Open Government Licence
Constraint context · Havering
Real · planning.data.gov.ukHavering has 11 designated conservation areas and 0 Article 4 areas. A district is too coarse to say which apply to your house — postcode districts span many streets and designations are drawn street by street. Enter a full postcode below for the point-level check, or read the full borough picture on the Havering planning guide.
Is RM11 in a conservation area?
Partly — and which part matters. A postcode district is never uniformly designated: RM11 contains 1 conservation area within 1km of its centre, and whether your own property sits inside one decides whether permitted development survives. The centre point of RM11 itself does not fall inside one — but many of its streets will.
| Langtons, Hornchurch | Nearby |
Conservation areas whose official geometry lies within 1km of the centre of RM11. Source: planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence. Proximity to the district centre is not a statement about your own address — run the address check for that.
Does an Article 4 direction apply in RM11?
The national dataset holds no Article 4 geometry within 1km of the centre of RM11. Treat that as unknown, not as “none”. The national dataset is known to omit property-specific directions, so the only safe answer is to verify on the council's own register for Havering before assuming a permitted-development right still exists.
Every designation in the borough: Havering planning guide →
Do you need planning permission in RM11?
Three routes exist, and which one you are on is decided by your address, not your postcode district:
| Permitted development — no application. The work stays inside the GPDO limits and no designation removes them. A Lawful Development Certificate is cheap proof for a future buyer. | No permission |
| Prior approval — the larger single-storey rear extension route, with neighbour consultation. Not available on designated land. | 42 days |
| Full householder application — required once a designation removes your permitted-development right, or the scheme exceeds the limits. | 8 weeks |
RM11 contains mapped conservation-area or Article 4 geometry, so a meaningful share of its streets will have lost some permitted-development rights — which pushes those properties onto the full-application route. Whether yours is one of them is an address-level question, not a district-level one.
What does planning permission cost in RM11?
| Householder planning application | £548 (from 1 April 2026) |
| Lawful Development Certificate — proposed works | £274 (half the application fee) |
| Lawful Development Certificate — existing works | £548 (the full application fee) |
| Listed building consent | No fee |
| Resubmission after a refusal | Free once, within 12 months of the decision |
National statutory figures for England — councils do not set them, so they are the same in every borough. Planning fees re-index every 1 April; confirm the current amount on the Planning Portal fee calculator before you apply. These are the council's fees only — drawings, surveys and any specialist reports are separate.
How long does it take?
| Householder application — statutory target | 8 weeks |
| Householder application — in practice | 8–12 weeks |
| Prior approval (larger home extension) | 42 days |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 8 weeks |
| Householder appeal — deadline to lodge | 12 weeks from the decision date |
| Householder appeal — typical decision | Around 18 weeks |
What if it's refused?
A refusal is a decision notice with reasons attached, and those reasons are a roadmap. Most homeowners in Havering — as anywhere in England — are better served by amending the scheme and using the free resubmission than by appealing: you get one further application on the same site within 12 months without paying again.
| Who can appeal | The applicant only — not neighbours |
| Fee to appeal | None — you bear your own costs |
| Procedure | Written representations for most householder appeals |
| Success rate | Roughly a third — about 36% of householder appeals allowed in 2025/26 |
Appeals go to the Planning Inspectorate, an independent national body. How to read a refusal and choose your route →
Planning permission by project in Havering
Hornchurch, Upminster and Romford semis extend under PD; Gidea Park, the village conservation areas and Green Belt need a full application.
Rear extension in Havering →Workable on the Romford and Hornchurch terraces; Gidea Park and the conservation areas need a full application.
Side return extension in Havering →Routine on the Hornchurch and Upminster semis under PD; Gidea Park and the conservation areas scrutinise dormers.
Loft conversion in Havering →Uncommon on the borough's suburban plots; a full application with structural and ground-condition evidence is expected, with Green Belt limits on the rural edge.
Basement extension in Havering →Large suburban and Green Belt-edge gardens suit garden rooms under PD; Gidea Park, the conservation areas and Green Belt are where outbuilding rights tighten.
Garden room in Havering →Pinpoint your street
More of Havering
Gidea Park garden suburb to rural Havering-atte-Bower; borough-wide HMO Article 4s.
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