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.
UPDATE 19/02/2020: Thanks to a huge response from local residents, we are pleased to announce the applicant has now withdrawn their Planning Application. Thanks to the support of our local community, we have helped keep retail space in Roman Road. … Continued
In December 2019, a team of five students from Queen Mary University of London conducted a survey to find out if there was appetite from local businesses for dual use-class licenses. The Roman Road Bow Neighbourhood Forum are currently completing … Continued
The Roman Road Common Vision was exhibited in the Idea Store Bow for three weeks during October and November for local people to view and give feedback. The Roman Road Common Vision is a collective vision for the area focused … Continued
Roman Road Trust and Roman Road Bow Neighbourhood Forum have enlisted the help of five students from Queen Mary University of London under the QConsult programme to consult local businesses on possible changes to current use-class restrictions. The Roman Road … Continued
The final version of the Roman Road Common Vision has now been submitted to the local authority and local people are invited to view the document online or visit the Roman Road Common Vision Exhibition in the Idea Store in … Continued