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 10 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.

The Stamford Hill Area Action Plan was submitted to the government for Independent Examination in December 2024. The public examination was held in September 2025.  View the Area Action Plan and the supporting information:

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

View our evidence base documents for the Stamford Hill Area Action Plan.

What’s happened so far

Next steps

 We’re running a consultation on the Proposed Main Modifications to the Stamford Hill Area Action Plan. 

The consultation closes on 19 February 2026.

Following the examination in public of the Stamford Hill Area Action Plan in September 2025, the Inspector has, at the request of the Council, recommended a number of Main Modifications to the Plan which are put forward without any prejudice to the Inspectors final conclusions. 

This consultation is only for the proposed Main Modifications and no other parts of the Plan. All responses will be reviewed by the Inspector.

There’s also a list of minor changes, called ‘Additional Modifications’. These are published for information only and are not part of the consultation. View the Additional Modifications (Google Doc).

To view the documents which are being consulted on, see the: 

• Proposed Main Modifications (Google Doc)
• Updated Integrated Impact Assessment for the Main Modification (Google Doc)

Have your say on the consultation on Hackney Council’s consultation website.

For more information, see Stamford Hill Area Action Plan examination page.