Number of homes for social rent under completed Woodberry Down plans under scrutiny
Updated plans for seven more socially-rented properties for estate’s Block B approved at planning meeting
Vincent Stops
Bard in the Yard: New Shakespeare statue to sit near Elizabethan Shoreditch Theatre
Sculpture planned as part of public realm around Hackney’s first official monument
Letter: ‘Labour must now defend the national interest’
Architect Jake Ireland urges his Labour councillors in Hackney Central to formally ‘support a People’s Vote with the option to Remain’
Residents in last-gasp effort to save old Mecca Bingo hall
Future of iconic Haggerston venue to be decided at planning committee hearing today
Residents ‘relieved’ after derelict Mecca Bingo hall wins council reprieve
“We are glad that the decision to permit this damaging scheme has been deferred”
Another day, another ‘quietway’ – but Twitter cyclist fears nightmare on Mare Street
Hackney Cycling Campaign backs scheme branded ‘ridiculous’ by one anonymous campaigner – but suggests ‘safer’ traffic lights system
Hoxton’s growing taller: yet another residential tower set to sprout near Colville Estate
Hackney Council’s planning committee unanimously approves scheme which will contain 50 per cent affordable housing but which critics say will block light
Residents slam ‘epic hubris’ of council approving its own application to build two high rise towers
Councillor says plans would never be approved if submitted by a private developer
Hackney Council ‘only cares about money’ in turning Victorian school into flats, say critics
Vision Homes deal ‘beggars belief’ and puts money above heritage
Parents in shock as council approves flats that will ‘overshadow’ playground
Council rides roughshod over covenant designed to protect ‘the right of uninterrupted and unheeded access of light’
Dalston ply-scraper on the rise as Hackney becomes timber trailblazer
The borough is quietly positioning itself at the forefront of a revolution in urban housing architecture
Titbits — Chip grease, members’ clubs and tree-top workspace
The planning sub-committee summons the ‘smell and noise people’ while Hoxton Square’s new Tree Office fails to get to the root of London’s workspace crisis
Hackney Council approves plan to demolish Dalston’s historic Georgian terrace
Total demolition of heritage buildings to go ahead after close-run vote at Town Hall
Car wars as Hackney Council seeks to put brakes on parking at Kingsland Shopping Centre site
Town Hall at odds with developer amid concern over future of Dalston’s Eastern Curve Garden
Kingsland Shopping Centre plans: clash with developers over car culture
Parking concerns fuel split amid debate over Eastern Curve Garden’s future
Conservative councillor Michael Levy censured for breaching codes of conduct
Standards committee found he had ‘prejudicial interest’ in application to extend property in Stamford Hill