Neighbourhood planning applications and decisions

Recent applications

Finsbury Park and Stroud Green neighbourhood forum

The Finsbury Park and Stroud Green neighbourhood plan working group submitted an application to establish a neighbourhood area and neighbourhood forum for Finsbury Park and Stroud Green under Schedule 9 of the Localism Act 2011 in the summer of 2018.

The neighbourhood area included parts of Hackney, Islington and Haringey was approved by all three boroughs in September 2018. Haringey Council determined to remove Finsbury Park (the full extent of Finsbury Park open space) from the Forum’s designated area.

Applications documents

• Finsbury Park and Stroud Green application
• Finsbury Park Stroud Green constitution

For further information, please tel the Strategic Planning Policy team: 020 8356 7740.

Recent approved neighbourhood area applications

The Council has approved the designation of the following neighbourhood areas as defined by the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012:

• Queen Elizabeth and Lordship neighbourhood area – approved as submitted at the January 2015 cabinet
• East Shoreditch neighbourhood area – cross borough application submitted to both Tower Hamlets and Hackney Councils. Amended Hackney boundary approved at the February 2015 cabinet

Recent neighbourhood forum applications

The following applications from 2 community groups to designate neighbourhood forums submitted under regulation 8 of the above regulations have been refused:

• East Shoreditch neighbourhood forum – refused at February 2015 cabinet
• Central Stamford Hill neighbourhood forum – refused at November 2014 cabinet

Previous area and forum designation applications

• Chatsworth Road neighbourhood area and forum – approved as applied for 22/07/13
• Stamford Hill neighbourhood area designated and forum – application refused 22/07/13
• North Hackney neighbourhood area designated and forum – application refused 22/07/13

Chatsworth Road neighbourhood forum

We approved the application to designate a neighbourhood forum for Chatsworth Road and set the boundary of their neighbourhood on 22 July 2013. This designation has now expired.

Application documents

• Chatsworth Road application documents [zip, 677.49KB]
  • application to become a neighbourhood area and neighbourhood forum
  • appendix 1 – neighbourhood area map
  • appendix 2 – neighbourhood forum constitution
  • appendix 3 – distribution of forum members within neighbourhood area
  • appendix 4 – demographic breakdown of neighbourhood area and inclusive analysis
  • appendix 5 – background

North Hackney

We refused this application for an area and forum on 22 July 2013, and designated a smaller area in the centre of Stamford Hill. Copies of the decision notice, forum refusal statement, and map of designated Stamford Hill neighbourhood area are attached below:

Application documents

• North Hackney application documents [zip, 10.47MB]
  • neighbourhood area decision notice
  • North Hackney forum refusal statement
  • map of designated Stamford Hill neighbourhood area
  • Lordship Ward map
  • New River Ward map
  • Springfield Ward map

Queen Elizabeth / Lordship neighbourhood area application

Application approved as submitted at the January 2015 cabinet.

Application documents

• Queen Elizabeth / Lordship application documents [zip, 288.95KB]
  • application
  • map of neighbourhood area

East Shoreditch neighbourhood area and forum

• neighbourhood forum refused at February 2015 cabinet
• neighbourhood area amended and approved at February 2015 cabinet – see East Shoreditch neighbourhood area map [pdf, 5.67MB]

Application documents

• East Shoreditch application documents [zip, 2.66MB]
  • main submission document
  • constitution
  • pre-designation activities
  • list of forum members
  • proposed area map, with the Tower Hamlets / Hackney boundary shown
  • Hackney application, checklist and equalities questionnaire
  • equality assessment boundaries
  • equality assessment data

Central Stamford Hill neighbourhood forum

The Council has considered two further applications for neighbourhood forums for the Central Stamford Hill neighbourhood area which covers an area in the north of the borough. At the cabinet meeting held on the 24 November 2014, the Council turned down the two neighbourhood forums.

Decision

The cabinet resolved that both applications be refused in accordance with Section 61F of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

The Council considers that approving the submitted forum application will not enhance community relations in this part of the borough, as the forum has not been supported by the wider community in Stamford Hill.

Application documents

• Central Stamford Hill application documents [zip, 8.41MB]
  • application
  • forum checklist and equalities questionnaire
  • map of designated neighbourhood area

Previous application documents

• Central Stamford Hill previous application documents [zip, 2.11MB]
  • application
  • constitution
  • Hackney application form
  • statement of inclusivity
  • need and justification
  • area profile
  • additional information
  • map of designated neighbourhood area
  • equalities assessment form

Stamford Hill neighbourhood area and forum

We refused this application for an area and forum on 22 July 2013, and designated a smaller area in the centre of Stamford Hill.

Copies of the decision notice, forum refusal statement and map of designated Stamford Hill Neighbourhood Area are attached below:

Application documents

• Stamford Hill application documents [zip, 8.85MB]
  • Stamford Hill neighbourhood area decision notice
  • Stamford Hill forum refusal statement
  • map of designated Stamford Hill neighbourhood area
  • proposed neighbourhood area
  • statement of need for proposed neighbourhood area
  • proposed neighbourhood forum constitution
  • constitution appendix 1
  • statement of need for proposed neighbourhood forum

Find out more and view contact details for interim members of the proposed Stamford Hill neighbourhood forum.