Petition details
Buxton Street Empty Space
Shoreditch Dog House is a doggy daycare initiative that makes a
difference. Since our launch in 2017, we have cared for dogs in
East London, provided peace of mind for their owners and have
contributed to our community through paying for food and drink for
the local homeless community.
Tower Hamlets Council is proposing to turn the area - currently
providing quality day care to many local dogs - into a carpark for
film units. We believe that, if this plan goes ahead, it would have
a huge detrimental impact on our community. Here’s why:
We have put a stop to antisocial behaviour and drug abuse on the
road, which occurred all day, every day until we started working in
the site.
Our continued presence will help keep the area safe for both the
two Primary schools next door and for the playgroup and the Farm
where children of all ages visit daily. A film unit will
mean:
Heavy construction work involving the removal of bollards and
mature beautiful trees
Unavoidable impact on the two Primary Schools, Playgroup and Farm
plus on the coming and going of the school children and the
families dropping off and picking up.
The playgroup and the school opposite will be overlooked by large
vehicles and the film crews.
Noise pollution of large vehicles moving around from early in the
morning, throughout the day and till late at night.
Air pollution from large trucks and diesel generators running
constantly in a dense residential area
We have reduced rubbish, with fewer dogs and dog waste in adjacent
Allen Gardens
We’re a social enterprise that employs and trains local
people, gives back to its local community by providing meals for
the homeless and contributing to canine charity, All Dogs
Matter.
By signing our petition you can help us lobby Tower Hamlets
Council to remain onsite and keep giving back to the community. If
we’re allowed to stay we plan on installing Astroturf,
building suitable shelter, as well as creating further exercise
activities for the dogs, plus a pet shop.
Please help us save Shoreditch Dog House and build a stronger,
safer community.
Thank you.
This Petition ran from 11/06/2018 to 02/08/2018 and has now finished.
112 people signed this Petition.
Council response
The site referred to in the petition is designated parks land and is a public open space on Buxton Street opposite St. Anne’s Primary School and adjacent to Spitalfields Farm. Along with a feasibility study on the refurbishment of Allen Gardens, the Council is considering the future of this small piece of public open space which previously held a children’s playground which was re-provided in Allen Gardens. There is likely to be a parallel exercise undertaken to look at this site, the highway (Buxton Street), the entrances to Spitalfields Farm and the nursery, as a second phase of work related to the feasibility study on Allen Gardens.
Consideration has been given to interim use of the site as an
overflow unit base for film work, however indications to date
suggest that this is unlikely to be feasible. Furthermore, the
upcoming redesign of the Buxton Street layout would prohibit this
happening. As previously stated, the Council will be working to
develop plans for this site along with Allen Gardens; in the
meantime, we cannot support any initiatives carried out without our
permission or that restrict public use of open space or any other
use that is not in keeping with its designation as public open
space.