The Council is committed to improving the quality of life for people who live and work in the borough. To achieve this, the Council will from time to time fund projects that encourage people to enjoy the green spaces in and around the borough.
With this in mind, the Council has obtained some funding from the Mayor of London’s Big Green Fund to help kick start a 3km long walking and cycling greenway to link Woodberry Wetlands in Hackney with Walthamstow Wetlands in Waltham Forest.
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The Council is committed to improving the quality of life for people who live and work in the borough. To achieve this, the Council will from time to time fund projects that encourage people to enjoy the green spaces in and around the borough.
The Council has secured some funding from the Mayor of London’s Big Green Fund to help kick start a 3km long walking and cycling greenway to link Woodberry Wetlands in Hackney with Walthamstow Wetlands in Waltham Forest.
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Hackney Council wants to find out how people who work in Hackney schools get to work as part of a huge borough-wide survey to encourage greener travel.
The survey will also help us understand what would encourage people to walk and cycle more, or to reduce their reliance on a car. The survey also aims to collate what the Council is doing well in terms of travel and on what it could improve
We will share the findings with your school, so you can benefit from really useful information to...More
The primary function of Hackney's Building Control Service is to make sure that buildings are properly designed and constructed to ensure the health, safety, welfare and convenience of people in or around buildings. Whatever the nature of your project the Service can help you manage it from concept to completion.
To help us to improve the Building Control Service, please take the time to complete this survey. Your feedback will play a vital role in our improvement and will only take a few...More
Improving road safety and managing the borough’s road network as effectively and efficiently as possible are key transport priorities for Hackney Council. To achieve this, the Council has developed a programme of schemes to provide a safer, more accessible street environment for road users, and to reduce the impact of traffic on local residents.
Over the last few years the Council has received a number of requests from various User Groups, Residents Associations and Stakeholders in the...More
Help to make sure that Safeguarding is Everyone’s Business
The City and Hackney Safeguarding Adults Board is a group of organisations working in the City of London and in Hackney that have come together to form a partnership. We have a shared vision:
“People should be able to live a life free from harm in communities that are intolerant of abuse, work together to prevent abuse and know what to do when it happens.”
We have developed a new five year strategy to help us...More
The Licensing Service administer a wide range of licenses to individuals and businesses, from trading and sale of alcohol to owning exotic pets.
To help us to improve the Licensing Service, please take the time to complete this survey. Your feedback will play a vital role in our improvement and will only take a few minutes to complete.
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To help us to improve the Planning Service, please take the time to complete this survey. Your feedback will play a vital role in our improvement and will only take a few minutes to complete. If you have submitted more than one application in the past 6 months, please only comment on your most recent application.
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The Trading Standards Service ensures that there is fair and safe trading in Hackney and protects the interests of consumers and businesses. The Service enforce a wide range of consumer legislation, and provide advice to Hackney residents and businesses.
To help us to improve the Trading Standards Service, please take the time to complete this survey. Your feedback will play a vital role in our improvement and will only take a few minutes to complete.
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Environmental Health ensure all businesses that prepare, sell or transport food maintain that the food they handle is safe to eat, of an acceptable quality and is properly labelled. The businesses must also protect the public and their staff from any potential health and safety hazards.
To help us to improve the Environmental Health Service, please take the time to complete this survey. Your feedback will play a vital role in our improvement and will only take a few minutes to complete....More
Tell us what you think
We’re keen to hear your thoughts on your new Permit system. If you’ve got a couple of spare minutes, we’d really appreciate you giving us your feedback!
Please note: We may use your feedback anonymously, in future communications campaigns.
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Hackney Council would like to improve Hackney Road Recreation Ground and are working with interested parties to raise funds and improve the space. As a local resident we would like to hear your views about the proposals for improving the Recreation Ground.
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Hackney markets, street trading and shop front fees and charges 2016/17
Councillor Feryal Demirci, Cabinet member for neighbourhoods and sustainability, said:
"We value our markets, and the heritage, variety and the service they provide to our local communities, and try to support them as much as possible. However, we are currently charging some of the markets far less in fees and charges than the cost of maintaining, managing and cleaning them.
“It is important for...More
Hackney Council has published the report on the first stage of consultation into potential improvements to Seven Sisters Road.
Seven Sisters Road is a busy road which cuts through Woodberry Down. The stretch of road in Hackney is six lanes wide with few crossing points and contributes to air pollution in the area. The road has seen 106 recorded accidents in the last three years, including one fatal accident.
Hackney Council and Berkeley Homes have been working...More
The Council is committed to making Hackney a vibrant and safe place for everyone living, working and visiting the Borough. Creating an environment that will encourage more walking and cycling is a key part of the Council’s transport vision and an essential part of Hackney’s Community Strategy. As part of this commitment, the Council is considering proposals to improve the local environment on Chatsworth Road and Brooksby’s Walk. This will provide a safer and more accessible street...More
The consultation has now closed. The results have been published. To view the consultation report, please scroll down to the 'Results' section of this page.
Hackney Council consulted residents and businesses on a range of potential proposals aimed at reducing the volume of through-traffic using Middleton Road, and the wider London Fields area.
Residents and businesses in the London Fields area received consultation documents which they could return using the FREEPOST...More
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To help us assess and improve the quality of the Council’s internal audit service, please complete this questionnaire. Please assess the quality and value of the recent work undertaken for you by Internal Audit
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Over the last 12 months the Council has received a number of enquiries relating to the creation of a dedicated outdoor gym within London Fields. Currently, users are exercising on outdated apparatus within the park’s southern play area. The Council has identified an area at the southern end of the park as a possible location for the new equipment which would be comprised of fixed exercise equipment such as parallel and pull up bars (see map below). The proposals also include the removal...More
We want to hear your views on Hackney in the evening (6pm to midnight) and night-time (midnight to 6am). This would include socialising in pubs, bars and clubs, restaurants, music venues, theatres, cinemas etc.
The growth of Hackney’s evening and night-time leisure economy has contributed to wider economic growth and to making Hackney a vibrant and fashionable place for people to live, work, visit and locate their businesses. It brings many benefits to the Borough, including employment...More
Hackney Council’s Commissioning Team, Health & Community Services are currently reviewing Supported Living services in the Borough to determine if they have delivered a good service and to plan ahead to ensure that services meet the needs of people in Hackney and deliver high quality services in the future.
What is Supported Living/Supporting People?
Supported living – also known as Supporting People - helps people to live independently and includes:
Managing money/...More
Hackney Council’s Commissioning Team, Health & Community Services are currently reviewing Advocacy services in the Borough to determine if they have delivered a good service and to plan ahead to ensure that services meet the needs of people in Hackney and deliver high quality services in the future.
What is advocacy?
Advocacy in all its forms seeks to ensure that people, particularly those who are most vulnerable in society, are able to:
Have their voice heard on issues...More
Parking Services consulted residents and businesses in the Rectory Road area between August and October 2015 about the introduction of parking controls on their roads and surrounding roads in the area (Stage One consultation in Zone E displacement area).
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Parking Services consulted residents and businesses in the Zone S extension area between August and October 2015 about the introduction of parking controls on their roads and surrounding roads in the area (Stage One consultation in Zone Dn displacement area).
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Parking Services consulted residents and businesses in the Zone N extension area between August and October 2015 about the introduction of parking controls on their roads and surrounding roads in the area (Stage One consultation in Zone N displacement area).
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We love our markets, the heritage, variety and service they provide to our local communities. We recognise the need to develop our markets and aim to support their stable growth and future success.
Hackney Council is proposing a new Market Strategy for 2015-20. This provides an overview of our plans for the development and improvement of our markets. The new recommendations for Hackney’s markets support the Mayor’s objectives as laid out in the Council’s Corporate Plan for 2015-18....More
The publication of a Local Flood Risk Management Strategy, by Lead Local Flood Authorities, is a statutory requirement of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (FWMA). As the London Borough of Hackney is the Lead Local Flood Authority for the Borough, we are responsible for the production and publication of this document.
Section 9 of the FWMA (2010), states that each Lead Local Flood Authority in England must produce a document to show how local flood risk will be managed within the...More
This consultation document is about gathering views from the public on proposals to improve the environment for cycling and pedestrians along the ‘Quietways’ route in the Lower Clapton Area. The Quietways are a network of cycle routes throughout London.
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This consultation document is about gathering views from the public on proposals to improve the environment for cycling and pedestrians along the Quietway cycle route located at the Morning Lane junction with Chatham Place.
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