The Rainham & Wennington and South Hornchurch Working Party is an important part of havering Council’s vision to improve quality of life for all Havering’s residents and create towns and communities of which residents will be proud.

The Working party is responsible for setting a strategic vision for regeneration in Rainham and Wennington and South Hornchurch and for liaising  with key players to ensure the vision is understood by other public and private sector partners. Specifically the Working Party will:

·         Review the existing regeneration vision for the area and renew and revise it as necessary, agreeing a new overall strategic vision to guide regeneration within the area and work with public and private sector partners.

·         Ensure that the Council’s other strategies and strategic frameworks support this vision wherever possible.

·         Engage with local business to support business growth and retention within the area.

·         Lobby to ensure all necessary infrastructure is in place to support any development within the area.

·         Work to ensure that local people benefit as much as possible from new business opportunities within the area.

·         Work to ensure that any new housing development is appropriate to the needs of the people of Havering, designed to meet local needs and developed in the best possible way to allow local people access to new homes.

·         Ensure sufficiently strong partnership arrangements are in place with the GLA and other key bodies to ensure sufficient influence to deliver the agreed programme.

The Working Party will be an Advisory Committee and as such may make recommendations to the Executive but any decisions in relation to matters within the remit of the Working Party will be taken through the normal executive decision making processes of the Council.