Stamford Hill area action plan

Since 2015, we’ve been working with the Stamford Hill community on the Stamford Hill plan. It’s a dedicated planning document called an area action plan (AAP) for Stamford Hill.

The Stamford Hill plan aims to:

• provide specific guidance on how to make new developments and changes to local spaces, reflecting the unique circumstances of Stamford Hill
• help to overcome the challenges the area faces, now and in the future ensure that changes in Stamford Hill benefit the local community first

Over the last 9 years, we’ve engaged with thousands of local people and groups. We’ve developed a draft area action plan (AAP) that reflects what we’ve heard are the key issues and opportunities. It offers policies and guidance to address these for the next 15 years.

Why we need a Stamford Hill plan

Stamford Hill’s population has grown and the area has become popular to live in. This has increased pressure on housing and on facilities like schools, community spaces, and local spaces.

The Stamford Hill plan aims to help address these challenges and manage change in line with the needs of local people. It will outline how and where to provide new homes. It will also give planning guidance. The guidance will help improve community facilities, shopping areas and public spaces. This will include identifying specific sites where larger new developments may be possible. It will also include guidance for smaller new developments and changes to existing buildings.

We consulted on the proposed submission draft of the Stamford Hill Area Action Plan from 7 May to 19 July 2024. View the documents from the consultation below.

For more information about the draft Stamford Hill Design Guide, see Stamford Hill Design Guide.

If you want more information, have any questions or want to request to view hard copies of the relevant documents, email planmaking@hackney.gov.uk.

Evidence base

We have continued to update and expand the evidence base for the Stamford Hill AAP.

This has helped us develop the draft AAP, by identifying policy options and site guidance for the Stamford Hill AAP.

What’s happened so far

Next steps

The Stamford Hill area action plan will be independently examined by a planning inspector. You can find more information about this process in the Stamford Hill information pack (PDF 3.4mb).

We will submit all the feedback on the proposed submission draft of the area action plan. This includes feedback from the questionnaires, separate emails, or letters. We will submit it to the Planning Inspector for examination with the area action plan. We aim to submit the documents to the Planning Inspector in autumn 2024.