Crow Metals News Today

Havering Council has launched planning enforcement action after people were found living in "cramped" caravans in a yard owned by Crow Metals in Romford.

Havering Council wants new restrictions to combat illegal parking and traffic problems around Crow Metals, at the junction of Crow Lane and Jutsums Lane.

Dozens of Romford residents gathered on Saturday, January 22, to protest about traffic problems they say are linked to Crow Metals, in Crow Lane.

Published: 1:01 PM May 25, 2021    Members from Friends of Central Park, Harold Hill Wombles and Harold Hill Deer Aid joined forces with local residents to clean up Central Park on Sunday (May 23). - Credit: Jan Sargent A number of Harold Hill community groups have joined forces to clean up Central Park. Marshalled by Gooshays ward councillor Jan Sargent, members from Friends of Central Park, Harold Hill Wombles and Harold Hill Deer Aid combined to clear rubbish from the green space. Friends...

Emily read out letters sent to Micky by his family, showed him pictures and played his favourite song - Youll Never Walk Alone by Gary and the Pacemakers.  As he deteriorated, she suggested he Facetime his family, but because daughter Megan and wife Sandra couldn’t hear Micky above the sounds of the ward, Emily translated their conversation.  Emily explained: “It was heart-breaking, I just had to put a brave face on as much as I could.  “I was trying to translate but my voice was brea...

“My wife is fed up and wants to move,” said one retired man. “But we can’t sell the house.” Crow Metals opened less than 50 metres from their home in 2011. They objected to the planning application, saying it would cause noise and traffic, but Havering Council granted permission. "It turned out exactly as we said,” he sighed. “We have been living in hell for years.” Residents complain of unbearable noise and say a cloud of metal dust often hangs over the neighbourhood. “On a s...