Mildmay Liveable Neighbourhood

Our consultation has now closed.

Thank you to everyone who took part in our consultation.

Islington Council is determined to create greener, healthier, and more welcoming streets, where people can come together and communities can thrive.

We are consulting on plans to create Islington’s first liveable neighbourhood in Mildmay. Following public engagement in 2022 and earlier this year, we’d like to hear from you about our draft final proposals for the Mildmay Liveable Neighbourhood.

Mildmay Liveable Neighbourhood project

The council announced the Mildmay Liveable Neighbourhood project in February 2020 as Islington's first liveable neighbourhood project.

The project will involve a number of changes to streets, aimed at improving air quality and making the area greener, safer and easier for people to walk, cycle and use buggies and wheelchairs.

The project is focused on the east area of the Mildmay ward, between Newington Green and Dalston. In the future, we expect a separate liveable neighbourhood project will focus on the area west of Newington Green and Green Lanes.

Map showing the Mildmay Liveable Neighbourhood scheme area

What you have told us so far about the area

Since the project was announced in February 2020, the council has been listening to feedback from residents in the Mildmay area.

In 2021 and 2022 we heard what local people had to say about issues in the area and what they would like the project to bring to the area, through public meetings, workshops and engagement with schoolchildren.

Between February and April 2023 we invited the community to share their views on draft proposals through a survey and public workshops. We also met with local businesses and schools, local older and disabled people and members of the Turkish-speaking community and held activities with young people.

We have also received comments sent in via email to the project team at: mildmay.liveableneighbourhood@islington.gov.uk.

You have told us that you want to see:

• safer crossings on Newington Green and other main and borough-boundary roads in the area
• more accessible routes for mobility-impaired people, including in the Mayville Estate
• improved air quality, and less traffic on local streets
• greener streets with more trees and planting
• more places to stop, rest and socialise in local streets
• more child-friendly streets around schools in the area
• safer and more joined up cycle routes in the area, including improving Cycleway 1 and linking it to Green Lanes

You can see a summary of the public engagement we carried out earlier in 2023 and what you told us.

What are the proposed changes we are consulting on?

Having considered the feedback received from local people over the last three years, we have developed the following proposals for the final consultation on the Mildmay Liveable Neighbourhood project:

• Proposal 1: New, greener public space on King Henry’s Walk
• Proposal 2: Child-friendly street improvements outside Newington Green Primary School (NGPS)
• Proposal 3: School Street on St Jude Street to benefit two primary schools
• Proposal 4: New traffic filters to reduce air pollution and road danger
• Proposal 5: Walking and cycling improvements around Newington Green
• Proposal 6: Walking and cycling improvements on Boleyn Road
• Proposal 7: Improvements for walking and cycling on the Mayville Estate
• Proposal 8: New business loading and accessibility improvements on Mildmay Park

Please see details of what we are proposing and why, including drawings of each scheme. Our proposals will also be on display at Mildmay Library throughout the consultation.

The locations of these proposals are shown on the map:

Map showing the Mildmay Liveable Neighbourhood project area and where we are consulting on proposals

• Accessibility improvements: Local disabled people have told us that some pavements and paths in Mildmay are in poor condition, making them difficult to access for people whose mobility is impaired, including those who use wheelchairs. We will be working to create smoother pavements, flush dropped kerbs and tackle overhanging foliage and other barriers to mobility in locations around the area, including on Mildmay Park, Boleyn Road, Matthias Road, Mildmay Grove South and King Henry's Walk.
• Balls Pond Road: We know that traffic can be busy on Balls Pond Road, causing delays to buses and people who have no choice but to drive. We are working with Hackney Council and TfL to see where we can reduce congestion and improve bus reliability and conditions for people cycling there.
• Kingsbury Road railway bridge: In December 2022, Network Rail closed the walking and cycling bridge over the railway at Kingsbury Road after they found severe structural issues. The bridge is normally a well-used walking and cycling route (part of TfL's Cycleway 1), including for access to St Jude and St Paul's Primary School, and many residents have told us that its closure has been very disruptive. Network Rail have committed to replacing the bridge, which is expected to happen in 2024. We have been working with Network Rail to agree how as part of the bridge replacement they can improve the space around the bridge for children and others accessing the school, as well as to provide a safer temporary diversion to the Cycleway 1 route locally.

How you can get involved

We encourage you to give us your views on our draft final proposals by filling in our survey online, or find out how you can request a paper copy.

To find out more about how you can get involved by attending an event, check out the "Key dates" section of this page.

Next steps

After our consultation closes on Sunday 8 October we will consider all feedback received, to help us make a decision on what measures to implement as part of Mildmay Liveable Neighbourhood.

Subject to that decision, we hope to start implementing the scheme in early 2024.