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.
One of Roman Road’s largest retail spaces is under threat and we need your support to help protect this large commercial unit from becoming yet another residential property on our high street. This large commercial unit is at the heart … Continued
An upcoming workshop organised by the Council will allow you to have an input in the new Local Plan that will set out the strategy for our region of Tower Hamlets for the next 15 years. In line with Regulation 18 of the … Continued
Local residents have been invited to comment on supporting evidence which could lead to mansard roofs being permitted in conservations areas of Tower Hamlets, including Bow. A consultation meeting for Bow residents will be at St Paul’s Church, St Stephen’s Road, this Thursday 3rd December at 2-5pm and then … Continued
The long-awaited Tesco Metro store is to open in Roman Road in September, the company has confirmed exclusively for our website. “We plan to open the store at the end of August. We’re looking forward [to] investing in Bow, becoming … Continued
People keep asking us what’s happening to Arber’s, the shop at 459 that until last year has traded as a family stationers for 117 years. Well now we know… Two planning applications submitted by the developer show they want to turn … Continued