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Proposals announced for Stoke Newington Church Street

Following our last update and our engagement with Stoke Newington residents since 2019, we have now received approval from Transport for London to close Stoke Newington Church Street to polluting through-traffic during the daytime.

This comes after many of you identified traffic and poor air quality as significant issues in the area.

The proposals involve introducing a bus gate outside the Red Lion Pub on Stoke Newington Church Street, which will operate from 7am to 7pm, Monday to Sunday, and will permit buses, cyclists, pedestrians and emergency vehicles to pass through.

These plans are part of our ambitions to rebuild a greener Hackney in the aftermath of the pandemic, improve air quality, and help people to walk, cycle and support local businesses as the borough emerges from coronavirus restrictions.

They will help to reduce traffic, improve air quality, and improve road safety on Stoke Newington Church Street and Albion Road, including at the three primary schools on these roads.

The restriction is timed to balance the need to reduce traffic with delivery and servicing requirements of businesses on Church Street.

The gate will also be the first in the borough to allow Blue Badge holders with a registered companion badge to drive through at any time, after the Council recently revised its policy following feedback from local residents with disabilities.

A further five 24-hour traffic filters, allowing only pedestrians, cyclists, emergency and waste vehicles through, will also be introduced in the area to prevent traffic from using alternative residential routes as a shortcut. These will be introduced on:

Yoakley Road and Bouverie Road, at their junctions with Stoke Newington Church Street

Oldfield Road, between Kynaston Road and Sandbrook Road

Nevill Road, between Dynevor Road and Barbauld Road

Lordship Road at its junction with Lordship Terrace (and its slip road) with the one-way on Edward’s Lane reversed.

Find out more: https://rebuildingagreenerhackney.commonplace.is/proposals/stoke-newington

Posted on 9th August 2021

by Hackney Council

Project update - March 2021

In the last update, we outlined that we were seeking to accelerate the programme and bring forward funding to improve Stoke Newington for walking and cycling, reduce traffic and improve local air quality.

Unfortunately, finalising these details has taken longer than expected. We are continuing to work closely with Transport for London to secure funding to improve Stoke Newington Church Street. This winter, we received an initial allocation of funding for further detailed design work, but there are a few final steps to take before we can share more details.

Work has also continued on other elements of the Low Emission Neighbourhood project (LEN16) such as tendering for cargo bike sharing stations.

We will be writing to all residents and businesses in the area in May to outline our proposals in full, including how you will be able to have your say and what kind of wider benefits we expect these measures to bring.

If you have any questions in the interim, you can contact the relevant project officers at movegreener@hackney.gov.uk.

Posted on 19th March 2021

by Hackney Council

Engagement report and project update

Dear All,

We are writing to provide you with an update regarding the proposed Stoke Newington Low Emissions Neighbourhood, following a community workshop in January 2020 and an online Commonplace exercise in January/February 2020 where local residents, businesses and community groups discussed issues and ideas for enhancing the local conditions to promote walking and cycling, reducing traffic on the road and improving local air quality.

The report detailing the feedback of local residents and businesses in the workshop and on Commonplace can be downloaded here . The Commonplace can be viewed here . We originally planned to use the comments from these engagement exercises to inform our detailed designs and proceed towards formal consultation on a scheme later in 2020 or early 2021.

Given the urgent need during the coronavirus pandemic to support people to walk and cycle, maintain social distancing and protect them from increased traffic as lockdown eases, we are proposing to accelerate the project, using comments that local residents and businesses provided to develop a scheme that improves the area for walking and cycling. Furthermore, the measures aim to contribute towards a green recovery and promote active travel in the long term.

In order to progress these proposals quickly, funding is being sought from Transport for London and Department for Transport emergency funding. We are also liaising with the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund about the continuation of our Low Emissions Neighbourhood (LEN) and our Zero Emissions Network (ZEN) funding.

If funding is confirmed, we will be writing to all residents and businesses in the area to outline our proposals in full, including how you will be able to have your say and what kind of wider benefits we expect these measures to bring.

If you have any questions in the interim, you can contact the relevant project officers at movegreener@hackney.gov.uk

Kind Regards,

Andrew Cunningham

Head of Streetscene

Posted on 5th August 2020

by Hackney Council

Low Emissions Neighbourhood workshop

Over 80 residents joined us at Stoke Newington Town Hall on 30 January to discuss getting around in Stoke Newington and how it can be improved. After a presentation by the Head of Streetscene to introduce the proposed Low Emissions Neighbourhood, residents, business owners and local stakeholder groups sat together to discuss what they thought are important transport and public realm issues, and how the LEN16 project could help resolve these issues.

We’ll be reporting back on what people said at the workshop, as well as on the Commonplace website, over the next few months. The Commonplace will run until Sunday 1 March, so please make sure to leave your comments and complete the survey before then.

Posted on 11th February 2020

by Kristoffer Backer-Rowley

School Street launched at William Patten School

This month, we launched Hackney's ninth School Street at William Patten Primary School.

It sees Lancell Street, part of Dumont Road and part of Dynevor Road closed to motor traffic at school opening and closing times, improving local air quality and making it easier for kids to walk and cycle to school.

The latest School Street is part of the Council’s plans to roll-out the scheme to 17 primary schools by 2021 - a year ahead of its original 2022 target - and then expand it to all remaining primary schools in the borough.

A recent review of Hackney’s first five School Streets showed that traffic and vehicle emissions outside school gates are down as a result of the scheme.

Cllr Jon Burke, Hackney Council Cabinet Member for Energy, Waste, Transport and Public Realm, said: "We’re committed to tackling London’s toxic air, reducing the motor vehicle emissions driving the climate emergency, and reclaiming our roads for walking and cycling. By accelerating our School Streets programme, we’re helping to provide more kids with the best environment in which to walk and cycle to school. Following the recent launch of a School Street at St Mary’s Primary, I’m delighted to be delivering yet another promised School Street in Stoke Newington at William Patten Primary School."

Posted on 28th January 2020

by Hackney Council