petition – Hackney Citizen

Residents petition council to reopen London Fields paddling pool

By Niall Holden | Thursday 2 April 2026 at 08:25

Black and white photo of children playing in large paddling pool.

While Clissold Park has seen its facilities restored, the London Fields site remains a storage depot

Fresh proposals for traffic measures in Hoxton face local backlash

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 26 March 2026 at 16:08

The strongest opposition comes from car users who live within the scheme area, caregivers, disabled people and renters

Petition urging council to freeze nursery fee hike hits 500 signatures

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 1 August 2025 at 10:16

One signatory calls move ‘slap to the face of hard-working families’, but Town Hall says ‘it was a choice we had to make’

Estate residents accuse ‘mystery’ housing staff of ripping down petitions

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 9 July 2025 at 09:12

De Beauvoir housing woes continue as tenants say drivers urinating in faulty lifts

Town Hall mulls options amid pleas to preserve St Mary’s Secret Garden

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 December 2024 at 16:16

Campaigners are seeking to secure urban haven as a community asset after financial woes led to insolvency

Protesters demand Hackney Council divest from companies that operate in the ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’

By Lizzie McAllister | Tuesday 22 June 2021 at 11:55

Hackney Palestine Solidarity Divest Campaign

Around 60 people attended the protest organised by Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) with support from Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)

Petition launched against plan to turn Mecca Bingo Hackney Road into high-rise flats

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 26 May 2016 at 15:52

‘What is being proposed to replace it not only would be unaffordable to the local community but a visual eyesore to the area’

House homeless people in empty council buildings, urge campaigners

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 13 November 2015 at 17:09

Petition launched calling on the Town Hall to throw open the doors of its underused premises

Hackney Planning Watch campaigners to petition council to say no to neighbourhood forums

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 8 May 2013 at 17:27

Claims devolution of planning powers to a forum would be ‘divisive step’

Hackney Council set to give go-ahead to Sainsbury’s Stoke Newington superstore

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 31 March 2013 at 14:24

The plans for a Sainsbury’s at Wilmer Place are to be recommended to the council’s planning committee

Parents petition for better road safety outside Orchard Primary School

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 8 February 2013 at 13:07

School campaign group wants action over dangerous Well Street crossing

Council does U-turn over ROA graffiti rabbit

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 10 November 2010 at 19:10

ROA's giant rabbit is 'a thing of beauty' according to Julia Craik, managing director of the Premises recording studio upon which it is painted. Photo:© Tim Sullivan

Town Hall says it is “pleased that we can now put an end to this matter”

Storm over CLR James set to rage through Black History Month

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 4 October 2010 at 11:23

Replacement Dalston library will not take on its predecessor’s title