Healthy Neighbourhoods

The Healthy Neighbourhoods programme aims to transform our neighbourhoods into healthier, safer, and easier places to get around.

We recognise the importance of designing projects like this in collaboration with residents, community groups and businesses and want to work with the community from the earliest stage of the project. This is to help identify existing challenges in an area in relation to travel, road danger, public health, and personal safety and then to tackle these with improvements.

We are exploring opportunities for Healthy Neighbourhoods across the whole borough. We are planning to implement four Healthy Neighbourhoods before 2030.

Neighbourhoods have been prioritised for improvements based on health, road safety (including traffic speeds and congestion), how easy it is for people to comfortably walk, cycle or use wheelchairs and buggies.

We will review any issues in relation to parking, congestion and other topics of concern as part of each Healthy Neighbourhood project. An initial engagement survey will be open for local people to communicate their concerns to us for each study area we will be working on in the future.

No traffic measures or designs have been developed for this programme yet. However, traffic management measures that will be considered include modal filters, banned turns and one-way streets. Similar measures have been introduced in Lewisham and Lee Green and data shows traffic levels and speeds continue to fall on residential roads. Air quality has also improved and serious road traffic accidents have reduced. Read more in this recent monitoring report.

This programme is funded by Transport for London as part of the Council’s Local Implementation Plan (LIP). You can read more about this in our Transport Strategy.

As part of our new Healthy Neighbourhoods programme, we want to work with the community to make our neighbourhoods healthier, safer, and easier for everyone to get around.

We want to hear from residents, businesses, visitors, and community groups at the earliest stage to understand how you would like to improve St Johns and Tanner’s Hill area and any challenges faced in relation to walking and cycling, road danger and personal safety. These responses will then help shape early-stage designs and guide the next steps. 

To share your feedback visit Have Your Say Today - Healthy Neighbourhoods - Commonplace.

This is the first stage of the engagement process, and there will be future opportunities to give feedback and review proposals before anything is progressed.  You can find frequently asked questions below. 

Frequently asked questions

Why has St Johns and Tanner’s Hill been selected as the first area for the project? 

St Johns and Tanner’s Hill has been identified as the top priority area for creating a healthier neighbourhood as part of the soon to be released Healthy Neighbourhoods Strategy report. We are now taking the opportunity to explore ideas for improvements at St Johns and Tanner’s Hill at this early stage. Any design developments will be subject to a feasibility study (an assessment to evaluate whether or not the project will be successful).   

What is the purpose of this survey? 

We hope to use this initial engagement survey to understand the issues that local people encounter in the St Johns and Tanner’s Hill study area in relation to active travel, road danger and personal safety. This will help the council to explore ideas for future improvements and create concept designs that take into consideration the needs of those who spend time in the area. We have not yet developed any designs for this project because we would like to hear from local people first. 

How will you use my feedback if I complete the survey? 

All of the feedback from the survey and workshops will be reviewed and used to help guide design proposals and determine whether the project should be developed further.  

Who can take part in the survey? 

Residents, businesses, visitors and community groups are encouraged to have their say as we want to ensure the improvements work for everyone in the community. 

What are the future plans for this project?

This is the earliest stage of the project (initial engagement), where we hear general feedback about what the community would like to see in terms of improvements. We plan to follow the below timeline, but timing is subject to change. 

1. Winter to Spring 2025: Initial engagement with the community and early design development 
   
2. Summer to Autumn 2025: Further community engagement and design development 
   
3. Winter 2025: Public consultation  
   
4. Spring 2026: Statutory consultation with detailed design 
   
5. Summer 2026: Construction begins on improvement measures and continued monitoring 

Have you considered how the proposed changes will impact wheelchair users?

We are at early exploration stage and have not developed any designs for this project yet. However, it is important to the Council that the needs of wheelchair users and other disabled people are reflected in future design proposals. We will engage with key stakeholders, residents, businesses, visitors, and community groups to ensure we receive a wide range of perspectives that we can take into account for the designs. 

Who will you be consulting for this project?

In addition to the initial engagement survey which aims to capture community feedback, we will also be consulting with local businesses and stakeholders. These stakeholders include resident groups, community groups, local schools, the emergency services, and more.