Neighbourhood planning
What is neighbourhood planning?
Neighbourhood planning enables interested local communities to help directly shape and promote development in their area. It is a community-led process which receives technical and administrative support from the council.
Further information and guidance is available if you are interested in establishing a neighbourhood planning forum and / or having an areas designated as a neighbourhood area.
If you have any questions about neighbourhood planning that are not answered by these pages, please contact the Plan Making Team at neighbourhoodplanning@towerhamlets.gov.uk.
Existing Neighbourhood plans
Both the Isle of Dogs and Roman Road Bow neighbourhood plans have been made by the council and are currently in force.
Existing Neighbourhood Forums
The following areas have been designated as neighbourhood areas and have designated neighbourhood forums:
Neighbourhood areas
The following areas have been designated as neighbourhood areas but have no designated forum at the current time:
- Wapping (forum application refused 5 February 2014)
- East Shoreditch (forum expired 5 February 2019)
- Limehouse (forum expired 1 December 2020)
- Isle of Dogs (forum expired 5 April 2021 - this does not affect the status of the adopted neighbourhood plan)
- Poplar (forum designated 31 October 2018)
You can see a map of neighbourhood areas in Tower Hamlets.