Campaigners fighting for more council homes and a bigger supermarket at a town centre site are holding a public meeting.
Morning Lane People’s Space (MOPS) want to ensure Hackney Council puts community homes at the heart of its plans.
The council bought the site for £60 million in 2017 and developed plans for 450 homes, workspace, and a smaller supermarket than the current Tesco.
Morning Lane People\'s Space campaigners. Photo: Morning Lane People's Space
It entered into an agreement with developer Hackney Walk – the firm behind the Fashion Walk scheme nearby.
This agreement has since ended and campaigners plan to reveal the details of their latest survey of 1,000 residents.
They claim just a fifth of the 450 planned homes will be “affordable” and are pushing for a more ambitious target.
A protest over the Morning Lane development outside Hackney town hall. Photo: Morning Lane People's Space
They want to see half of the homes go to people on the council waiting list and to keep a large supermarket.
Campaigner Heather Mendick said: “Let’s stop the council building hundreds of unaffordable private flats in the centre of our borough.”
Previous MOPS surveys found people "overwhelmingly" want to see council housing and to keep the Tesco supermarket.
Heather Mendick from the Morning Lane deputation at Hackney full council in October 2022
Hackney Council has a 50 per cent target for council homes in new developments, and the Town Hall said it would cost £90 million to meet that target at Morning Lane.
The event on this evening (Wednesday, September 20) starts at 7.30pm at the Dan West Community Centre on the Trelawney Estate in Paragon Road.
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