Geffrye Museum expansion plans thrown out by Hackney Council
Campaigners jubilant but director David Dewing speaks of “bitter disappointment”
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Tech City and creative industries ‘threatened by conversion plans’
Move to let office spaces become residential without planning permission risks leaving technology hub a ‘hollow doughnut of bankers’
Campaigners jubilant as Stoke Newington Sainsbury’s plan rejected
Councillors vote down proposals for a Sainsbury’s superstore in Wilmer Place due to environmental concerns
Hackney Council set to give go-ahead to Sainsbury’s Stoke Newington superstore
The plans for a Sainsbury’s at Wilmer Place are to be recommended to the council’s planning committee
Geffrye Museum to hold open evening on development plans
Residents are invited to have their say on proposals for a new entrance and a two-storey extension
Green Lanes Methodist Church to become seven storey tower block
Plans to go ahead despite lack of affordable housing, as council is accused of dismissing residents’ concerns over plans for historic site
Hackney Council rejects London Fields ‘tower block’ plan
Town Hall rejects as out of hand a plan to build ten-storey housing block near London Fields
Shoreditch residents slam Olympic ‘beer tent’
Hackney Council has given the thumbs-up to ‘Hackney House’, a marquee to ‘showcase’ the borough this summer
Hackney Council rejects Dalston 18-storey tower block plan
Town Hall planning committee turns down proposal for 18-storey block in Kingsland High Street
Campaigners lose battle to keep Paralympics basketball courts off Leyton Marsh
A fierce council chamber showdown at Walthamstow Town Hall ended in disappointment for those opposed to plans for a temporary Paralympic Games venue on protected land
Residents oppose Hackney high-rise at London Fields
Locals say tower blocks are inappropriate for a designated conservation area of predominantly low-rise buildings
Victory in sight for Clapton ‘save our loos’ campaign
As hundreds sign a petition to save Chatsworth Road market toilets, the council says it will reconsider plans to demolish the public lavatories
Council gives go-ahead to Hackney Empire development plan
Wilton Way building to be sold to raise much-needed cash
Banksy art to be saved but Foundry’s future uncertain
Popular Shoreditch pub and art gallery still seeking new home
Council consults Hackney residents on future of Manor House
Community events on Tuesday 9 and Thursday 11 February