Mission statements and Grand Challenge Survey

At the end of January 2022, the Council updated the Commonplace portal for the Hackney Central plan. 

This stage of the engagement outlined the priorities informed by the feedback received in the earlier stages of engagement which had shaped the emerging Town Centre Strategy ‘Grand Challenge’ and 5 ‘Missions’ for Hackney Central, covering challenges such as celebrating local character, an inclusive local economy, improving community wellbeing, achieving sustainability, and co-designing future changes.

Details of the emerging action areas which defined each Mission were also set out. In the Commonplace survey participants were asked to state whether they agreed or disagreed with the above challenge and mission statements and provide project ideas to deliver in Hackney Central. The project team is currently analysing this feedback.

You can see comments on the Hackney Central commonplace map here.

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Between October and December 2021, 1150 comments from people who live, work and use Hackney Central, informed us of their priorities for the next ten years in Hackney Central.

In response to everything we have heard so far, we have proposed an overall Grand Challenge for Hackney Central, underpinned by five Missions.

Please read about the missions below, and then have your say using the questions on the following page.

Hackney Central is changing. Our challenge is to ensure that this change makes the area fairer, safer and more sustainable, where everyone can expect a good quality of life. We will work together for the benefit of each other. 

Action areas (areas of intervention):

• Unique heritage of Hackney Central
• Hackney Central’s 24-hour economy
• Cultural programming
• Spatial & frontage improvements 
• Reinvigorate high streets

Action areas (areas of intervention):

• Crime and ASB
• New affordable homes 
• Public spaces for the community to come together
• Access to local healthy food
• Spaces for young people 
• Physical barriers to public space
• Street space for civic life

Action areas (areas of intervention):

• Jobs and skills development 
• Support and spaces for businesses 
• Community organisations and economic need 
• Green economy and Businesses adaption
• Circular economy principles

Action areas (areas of intervention):

• Noise and Air Pollution
• Green, zero carbon and plastic-free consumer choices
• Zero-carbon commercial activity 
• Green-infrastructure network 
• Growing spaces 
• Retrofitted buildings 
• Decarbonised heat-network 

Action areas (areas of intervention):

• Use of public sector assets 
• Co-creation principles in development 
• Enabling community stewardship 
• Local opportunities in development 
• Transparency and tracking socio-environmental impact.

Please let us know if you agree with the Hackney Central plan Grand Challenge and Missions:

Please click the 'next' button below to submit your responses. After you've done that, please visit the 'Hackney Central Map' page - if the missions made you think of a specific solution, add your suggestions to our interactive map.

If you want to tell us what you think in person, we'll be at the Narrow Way on Sunday 30 January 2022 between 11am-2pm.