R (Oliver Hawes) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets
22 Jan 2026
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The Court of Appeal has today handed down a judgment reversing the decision of the High Court and quashing the decision of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to remove a Low Traffic Neighbourhood scheme, which had been implemented in Bethnal Green between 2020 and 2022.
The Court of Appeal held that the decision of the local borough council (“LBC”) was in breach of section 151 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, which requires LBCs to implement proposals in their local implementation plans (“LIP”), by which they implement the Mayor of London’s Transport Strategy. The Court of Appeal held that the duty to implement the proposals set out in a LIP, absent any revision thereto (as must be approved by the Mayor of London), necessarily included a duty to retain the relevant scheme (see in particular, paragraphs 50-53 of the judgment).
The full judgment can be found here.
Charlotte Kilroy KC and Antonia Eklund acted on behalf of the Interested Party, Transport for London, which supported the Appellant’s successful ground of appeal.
