Low Traffic Neighbourhood campaigners save schemes

Court of Appeal rules Mayor of Tower Hamlets failed to follow Local Implementation Plan when planning to scrap LTNs

Tower Hamlets’s plans to remove three Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) in Bethnal Green, Shoreditch and Columbia Road without obtaining the approval of the Mayor of London was unlawful, the Court of Appeal has found.

The court found that Tower Hamlets’ Mayor Lutfur Rahman had breached his duty to consider the council’s Local Implementation Plan (LIP) and that his actions did not align with Londonwide transport strategies.

The Court of Appeal’s decision overturns a High...

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