Hackney Council has launched an online survey about their redevelopment of the Tesco site at 55 Morning Lane in Hackney Central. We don’t trust the Council and there are big problems with their survey. But we still think it’s helpful for as many people as possible to fill it in because otherwise the Council willContinue reading “Hackney Council’s online survey on 55 Morning Lane”
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Hackney Council are excluding residents from a key decision for the future of the Tesco site in Hackney Central (55 Morning Lane)
After years of campaigning, Hackney Council have finally shared a timetable with us in MOPS (Morning Lane People’s Space) for the future of the Tesco site at 55 Morning Lane. Although Council officers talk about the importance of involving residents, what they’re suggesting is more PR than community engagement. Although they talk about co-design, theyContinue reading “Hackney Council are excluding residents from a key decision for the future of the Tesco site in Hackney Central (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”
Setting the record straight
We want to correct some of the things we’ve heard people say about the Morning Lane development. The Mayor said that by buying the 55 Morning Lane site, the Council ensured that we will keep a Tesco store on the site. This is not true. Tesco made the sale of the site conditional on thereContinue reading “Setting the record straight”
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