The Cally Liveable Neighbourhood

As part of our efforts to create a greener and healthier borough, we are proposing to create a liveable neighbourhood in The Cally. Read on for more about improvements we will be making as part of The Cally Liveable Neighbourhood.

We announced our plans for a Liveable Neighbourhood in The Cally in March 2020, but it was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, we've listened to your feedback over three rounds of engagement and been guided by the We Are Cally Community Plan, which was informed by six months of engagement between September 2020 and March 2021. Based on what you told us, we developed final designs for a series of improvements and held a public consultation on these designs between Monday 19 February and Sunday 17 March 2024.

We have now decided to deliver the project from winter 2024/2025, with some changes based on your feedback.

We expect that all improvements will take 12 to 18 months. We will keep residents updated as work continues, and let you know if construction will affect you. We will do our best to reduce any disruption.

Find out more about how we have worked with local people to develop the plans for The Cally Liveable Neighbourhood on our project Let's Talk Islington webpage.

About the Cally Liveable Neighbourhood

The liveable neighbourhood will create more pleasant and livelier streets, where communities can come together and will contribute to realising the five themes of the We Are Cally Community Plan by:

• creating more opportunities for children, young people and families so that young people in Cally get the best possible start in life;
• boosting the local economy by supporting businesses and helping people into training and work;
• strengthening community connections and a shared sense of belonging;
• making Cally a greener place, with attractive parks and open spaces that are used by everyone
• improving health and wellbeing and tackle poor air quality.

How we have engaged with and consulted you

Since 2022, we have worked with local people and businesses to develop proposals for The Cally Liveable Neighbourhood across three stages of engagement:

Date	Phase	Description
February to April 2023	1 - Early engagement	Listen to local people's views on where and how you think we should improve streets and public spaces in The Cally project area.
July to August 2023	2 - Co-design	Get more local feedback on the first proposals for the liveable neighbourhood.
February to March 2024	3 - Public consultation	Formal public consultation on final draft designs.

 

Public consultation

A public consultation on final draft designs for The Cally Liveable Neighbourhood took place between Monday 19 February and Sunday 17 March 2024.

Most people who responded to our consultation survey agreed that the plans would be positive for the area, as well as for their health and wellbeing. There were also concerns raised about some elements of the project.

You can find out more about the consultation, including a report on the results, on our Let's Talk Islington project page.

More information

Read our frequently asked questions on our project webpage for answers to popular specific queries that residents have asked us about the scheme.

For general information and questions about liveable neighbourhoods in Islington, you can visit our main people-friendly streets FAQs page.

If you have any questions that are not answered here, contact us on TheCallyLN@islington.gov.uk.