Posts Tagged ‘planning’
Nominations open for this year’s Hackney Design Awards – with two new categories added
The biennial celebration of the borough’s architecture will now recognise ‘innovative and low-carbon designs’
Read MorePlan for 76 retirement homes in Woodberry Down gets thumbs-up
Anchor Hanover development on Newnton Close wins approval from councillors
Read MoreHistoric Haggerston Baths building to be transformed into offices and community space after councillors approve sweeping renovation
Developers promise to make the building an ‘important centre of activity’ after campaigners tried but failed to save the swimming pool
Read MoreLight sculpture could brighten up Shoreditch this winter
The artwork will be in place throughout December and into January if approved by Town Hall planners
Read MoreTimber talked up as Town Hall planners discuss importance of building materials in reducing carbon emissions
Iconic green buildings can ‘inspire a generation’, says council planning manager
Read MoreLast chance for residents to have their say on regeneration plans for De Beauvoir estate
Locals have until 1 November to comment on the scheme, with planners likely to consider it over the winter
Read MoreCanalside development in Hoxton wins approval despite ‘disappointment’ over low number of living rent homes
Existing self-storage facility to be demolished and replaced by two blocks with 139 new flats and office space
Read More‘Gentrification in action’: Town Hall defends Dalston Plan as campaigners let rip
Morning Lane and Ridley Road activists call for social rent homes amid fears the proposals will drive people out
Read MoreChildren’s designs for Shoreditch Park play centre given thumbs-up by planners
Ideas for slides and a rooftop space get go-ahead as part of huge £350k redesign
Read MoreNew lease of life for Grade I-listed former church in Shoreditch
Saint Michael and All Angels Church is one of only six buildings in Hackney with the top heritage status
Read MoreLondon Stock Exchange development in Shoreditch draws fire from neighbours
Visible sky impacts acceptable given built-up context of Shoreditch say officers as Stock Exchange says it aims for ‘comfortable relationship with neighbours’
Read MoreTown Hall lays out plans for Dalston with promises to protect Curve Garden and Ridley Road
Proposals heed calls from the community for a strategy on building heights in the area
Read MorePeterdown, David Annand, book review: ‘Captivating parable about how we understand place’
The local author’s 600-page debut novel elevates the abstruse business of council planning into an ‘engrossing’ prod at life’s big questions
Read MoreEmpty Hoxton car park to be transformed into 73 homes
Twenty-eight properties will be for social rent in latest project for Town Hall’s housing supply programme
Read MoreTown Hall planners register objection to Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme
Architect defends design of one plot that opposition campaigners have nicknamed ‘Godzilla’
Read MoreTown Hall set to object to Bishopsgate Goodsyard over design and heritage
Hackney Society chair says it is ‘tragic shame that, six years on, we again face the moment of determination with at least one borough seriously unhappy’
Read MoreTown Hall slams government planning proposals as ‘anti-democratic’
Hackney Society chair urges Town Hall to recognise system’s current inadequacies as Mayor argues proposals undermine local authorities
Read MoreTown Hall to seek public’s view on ‘child-friendly’ planning principles
Council to float eight ideas for Hackney’s future development aimed at ensuring ‘children’s rights as citizens are fulfilled’
Read MoreCouncillors split over demolition of former Royal Chest Hospital’s ‘last remnant’
Neighbours speak out in opposition to the building, now university accommodation, being redeveloped, with students numbers set to quadruple
Read MoreFree school on site of former police station promises to be ‘good neighbour’
A new School Street will provide solution to concerns over traffic congestion and pupils’ safety during drop-off and pick-up times
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