Hackney adopts Masterplans for Dalston and Hackney Central
The London Borough of Hackney has adopted masterplans for the area’s two major town centres.
The plans for Hackney Central and Dalston are designed to improve and guide growth and investment over the next 15 years.
The plans see Dalston as a strong cultural, creative and community hub, while Hackney Central is identified as the borough’s key civic hub with an improved and expanded retail and cultural offer.
Both masterplans include plans to improve routes in and around the town centres and to promote and support walking and cycling.
Cllr Guy Nicholson, Hackney Council cabinet member for Regeneration and the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, said: “The masterplans are designed to provide a 15 year direction for our growing town centres that are becoming more popular and more successful.
“They aim to ensure Hackney Central and Dalston remain exciting, vibrant and creative places, attracting residents and visitors alike to enjoy Hackney’s diverse and eclectic offer.
“Our aspiration is to use the investment that comes with this growth to turn our two town centres into central London’s first low carbon town centres for the next generation.”
Article by Michael Donnelly, first published in PlanningResource, 18 January 2010
January 18 2010
