Tower Hamlets Council is moving forward with a regeneration scheme on Tiller Road in the Isle of Dogs without proper consultation or meaningful engagement with the wider community who will be directly affected.
The current proposals will have serious, long-term negative impacts on local residents, including:
– The removal of 20 parking spaces in an area already severely deprived of parking
– Temporary traffic lights planned at the end of Alpha Grove for up to FOUR YEARS, which
will cause severe congestion and gridlock
– No meaningful consultation with the wider community who will be affected by these
changes
– Many residents who will be directly impacted are completely unaware of these plans
These measures will significantly disrupt daily life for residents, families, carers, disabled people, local businesses, delivery services, and emergency access. This level of disruption is unacceptable when the community has not been properly informed or involved in the decision-making process.
What makes this even more concerning is that much of this disruption appears avoidable.
There is a clear and practical alternative:
Tower Hamlets Council should require the Printworks development to allow construction access through their site to the Tiller Road regeneration site. This would:
– Reduce congestion on residential streets
– Avoid long-term gridlock around Alpha Grove
– Protect residents from years of disruption
– Allow regeneration to proceed with far less harm to the community
The council has a responsibility to protect existing communities and ensure regeneration is done with residents, not imposed on them.
We therefore call on Tower Hamlets Council to:
1. Pause the current Tiller Road regeneration plans
2. Carry out proper, meaningful consultation with all affected residents and the wider Isle of
Dogs community
3. Publish a full traffic and parking impact assessment
4. Require construction access through the Printworks development to minimise disruption
5. Protect existing parking provision or provide genuine, workable alternatives
Regeneration should improve quality of life, not make it worse through poor planning and weak engagement. The Isle of Dogs community deserves to be properly consulted before decisions are made that will affect residents for years to come.