On 24th February we held a public meeting about the Tesco site in Hackney Central, at 55 Morning Lane. Hackney Council have promised to work with the community to create plans for the site. At the meeting Nicola Hudson who is the Council officer in charge said she did not have any experience of co-designContinue reading “Hackney Council have promised to co-design 55 Morning Lane? But will they share power with residents?”
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Our Next Public Meeting
We’re having another public meeting – everyone is welcome! Hackney Council officers will be there. But most of all we want local people to be part of finding out what Co-Design can be and how we can influence the development of the Tesco site. Date: Saturday 24th February 2024, Time: 11am – 1pm, followed byContinue reading “Our Next Public Meeting”
Our questions for the candidates for Mayor of Hackney
A couple of weeks ago we contacted all the candidates in the upcoming byelection for Mayor of Hackney asking them to respond to three questions about 55 Morning Lane, the Tesco site in Hackney Central. Initially only two candidates replied: Annoesjka Valent for TUSC and Zoë Garbett for the Greens. After the deadline, Labour’s CarolineContinue reading “Our questions for the candidates for Mayor of Hackney”
Public meeting demands Hackney Council share power in determining the future of 55 Morning Lane
On 20 September 2023, we held a public meeting to discuss the plans for 55 Morning Lane. Three council officers and 4 councillors were among the 50 people who came together to discuss the site, despite the wind and rain that were afflicting Hackney that night. The meeting heard that our community consultation had shownContinue reading “Public meeting demands Hackney Council share power in determining the future of 55 Morning Lane”
Hackney Council appoints project manager for 55 Morning Lane
Hackney Council has now appointed Nicola Hudson to project manage 55 Morning Lane. Before this, Nicola worked on Woodberry Down Estate in the North of the borough. In 1999, Hackney Council decided that this award-winning council estate must be demolished. Woodberry Down is a ‘regeneration’ project rather than a new build. But it involves threeContinue reading “Hackney Council appoints project manager for 55 Morning Lane”
The discussions between Hackney Council and developer Hackney Walk “are not trivial” but the public has no right to read them
The public have no right to read the discussions between Hackney Council and dodgy developer Hackney Walk about their plans for 55 Morning Lane. This is the disappointing ruling of the Information Commissioner’s Office. The Commissioner has read the information that we can’t see and decided “it is clearly not of a trivial nature”. YetContinue reading “The discussions between Hackney Council and developer Hackney Walk “are not trivial” but the public has no right to read them”
Hackney Council sells nearly twice as many council homes as it builds
From 2010 to 2022, Hackney Council built just 464 council rent homes in the borough. During that same 12 year period, they sold 895 homes. That’s a net loss of 431 units of public housing, despite thousands of Hackney residents being in insecure and temporary accomodation, sometimes for years. Thanks to Ruth Parkinson for findingContinue reading “Hackney Council sells nearly twice as many council homes as it builds”
Write to your councillors about 55 Morning Lane
Use this letter to ask your local councillors to demand at least 50% social rent council housing on any development on the Tesco site in Hackney Central and to support Morning Lane People’s Space in campaigning for an open transparent process going forward. You can get the email addresses of your councillors from this site.Continue reading “Write to your councillors about 55 Morning Lane”
Our statement following the Mayor of Hackney’s press release on the future plans for the Tesco site at 55 Morning Lane
The Mayor of Hackney’s statement on the future of the Tesco site in Hackney Central shows he takes this development seriously. The statement talks of a “new approach” but contains nothing that is new. Hackney Council will continue strategic control of the development, which we welcome. They also say they will proceed “openly, transparently andContinue reading “Our statement following the Mayor of Hackney’s press release on the future plans for the Tesco site at 55 Morning Lane”
Hackney Council’s pro-developer agenda and what that means for the Morning Lane Tesco site
Corporate consultants SEC Newgate describe Hackney Council as “resolutely pro-development in the face of opposing political campaigns in the borough” like us and Save Ridley Road. As a result, “the bulk of housing built in Hackney in at least the last two decades has been for market sale”. Hackney council put developers and their desireContinue reading “Hackney Council’s pro-developer agenda and what that means for the Morning Lane Tesco site”
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