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.
The Roman Road Bow Neighbourhood Forum, which was founded in February 2016, is a project that fosters community involvement as a way to mould a better future for our neighbourhood. The forefront of their mission is to protect local heritage, … Continued
The Roman Road Bow Neighbourhood Plan was formally adopted by Tower Hamlets at a full council meeting on 16 November 2022, following the October referendum in which 70 per cent (1,743) of those who voted supported the plan. The Roman … Continued
We are delighted to announce that Roman Road Trust has been awarded a grant from the Connecting People & Places fund delivered by Foundation for FutureLondon to help develop the first wave of programming for the Common Room. Roman Road … Continued
Liveable Streets Bow is now in its final phase of consultation before plans will be decided and implemented. Local people are invited to submit their views on the proposals either online or via post by 11:59pm on 29th July 2020. … Continued
UPDATE 09/07/2020: Thanks to a huge response from local residents, we are pleased to announce The Common Room has now received planning permission from Tower Hamlets Council. Roman Road Trust is calling for local people to support our planning application … Continued