Roman Road Trust campaigns on behalf of our local members on local planning and developing issues that impact our high street. The Trust is also facilitating the development of a Neighbourhood Plan for the community with particular focus on Roman Road.
Challenges include developers converting employment space into residential; heavy vehicular traffic being filtered down Roman Road to the A12; loss of community spaces; poorly designed public realm; poor pedestrian flow between Bow East and Bow West; high shop vacancy rate; lack of evening or leisure economies, and dilapidated shop fronts.
Is Roman Road Tesco store on the list of stores to be closed? Tesco has announced it will close 43 stores across the UK, which it says are unprofitable. Bow residents and Roman Road businesses alike have been asking is the proposed … Continued
New Superhighway redirection plans threaten to increase traffic on Roman Road, endangering the safety of cyclists and increasing congestion and pollution in Bow. Find out how to object here. You might have seen the Barclays Cycle Superhighway plans from Transport for London to install … Continued
Join the RRRBA’s campaign to keep 508 Roman Road, formerly Randolfi’s sandwich shop, from being re-classed as A2 and let to another estate agent. Fifteen estate agents? Believe it or not, the Roman Road currently has 14 estate agents. Now, we … Continued
Join our campaign to protect retail shops on Roman Road. Object to the unauthorised change of use at 422 Roman Road from prime A1 retail to an insurance office. Roman Road Trust is objecting to the unauthorised change of use at 422 Roman Road. This A1 … Continued
Help us stop retail space at 369A Roman Road from being turned into a residential premises by property developers. Save our shops. Controversial planning applications on Roman Road are coming in thick and fast at the moment. We we need your help again, this … Continued