What Is Happening?
Ken Livingstone in his ‘London Plan’ has decided that this area should be taken over by a forest of towers comprising nearly two million sq ft of new City offices. He has now handed control of 13 acres of land to private developers Hammerson and Ballymore. There has been no public involvement in an overall plan for the area produced by either the GLA or Hackney and Tower Hamlets councils.
Who Are We?
A growing group of people who live or work in the area, tenants' and residents' associations, small businesses and anyone with an interest or history in this neighbourhood. We say there should be immediate public involvement in the planning of the Shoreditch and Brick Lane area and that any development should respect the local environment and the real needs of the community.
What Can We Do?
If you agree with this aim please send objections to two current planning applications. If these applications are passed it will signal the start of the wall of towers, shopping malls and plazas stretching from Shoreditch High Street to Brick Lane. We want a better future for the area than that.
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