Have your say on Hackney Council’s ‘Local Plan’ blueprint for 2033

Speak your brains: Consultation opens on draft Local Plan

Hackney Council is inviting residents to “help shape the future of the borough” as a consultation opens on the council’s draft Local Plan for now until 2033.

The draft plan is a blueprint for council policy on housing, jobs, community facilities, town centres, transport, open spaces, heritage and design, climate change and the environment.

Residents can have their say on the draft Local Plan by filling out the consultation survey before 4 December.

Cllr Guy Nicholson, Cabinet Member for Planning, Business and Investment, said: “Hackney’s draft Local Plan is an ambitious and bold document that describes what type of new development could be appropriate for our neighbourhoods.

“It talks about the facilities and infrastructure that a growing community needs and attempts to ensure that new development will make a positive contribution to the quality of life in the borough.”

He went on: “Hackney continues to change rapidly and not all of this change is for the better. Leaving the market unchecked to developers can see inappropriate development, it can drive up rents for housing and workspaces, and any investment into infrastructure can be piecemeal and fragmented.

“So now is the time to review the borough’s Planning and Land Use policies and make sure that development in Hackney is built for our future and not that of the market.”

You can read the draft Local Plan here here and answer the consultation survey here.