Havering London Borough Council

'Rainham Volcano' landowner says council is hindering his plans

The owner of Arnolds Field says the council's past and future action hinders his plans for the site.

Havering Council is urged to monitor the long term health impacts of a burning rubbish dump in east London.

Havering Council says it is talking with the owner of Arnolds Field over works to stop the fires.

Havering Council is being kept afloat by Exceptional Financial Support from the government.

The fire brigade has been called to the former illegal landfill site 160 times in three years.

Following a judicial review the site's designation is changed to contaminated by Havering Council.

London councils began work on more than 3,800 homes before building work stalled, the BBC learns.

The landfill site in Rainham has caught fire more than 100 times since 2019, according to the LDRS.

Tithe Barn, Upminster, is one of earliest surviving buildings in Havering, built in about 1450.

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