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Hackney Council’s vision workshop on 55 Morning Lane

On Saturday 7th December amid the xmas parties, Hackney Council held its first workshop on its plans for redeveloping 55 Morning Lane, the Tesco site in Hackney Central. After years of secrecy, in this workshop we learned a little about our Council’s current thinking, including two key things that contradict what they said previously: First,Continue reading “Hackney Council’s vision workshop on 55 Morning Lane”

Hackney Council break their promise to work with residents to co-design the Tesco site in Hackney Central

As Morning Lane People’s Space, we are campaigning for a community voice in the Council’s plans to build on 55 Morning Lane in Hackney Central – currently the site of a big Tesco store and car park. For years our message to Hackney Council has been that working with residents needs 3 things from them:Continue reading “Hackney Council break their promise to work with residents to co-design the Tesco site in Hackney Central”

Hackney Council have promised to co-design 55 Morning Lane? But will they share power with residents?

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?”