impact on the local highway network
Councils are currently assessing how school hour changes affect local traffic and congestion.
Tower Hamlets Council's Development Committee refused a school hours change for Canary Wharf College Glenworth in October 2026. This decision was made due to concerns about community safety, congestion, and cumulative transport impacts.
The application sought to alter the school's teaching hours, which were originally staggered with the adjacent St Luke's Primary School. This staggering was a condition of the school's original planning permission, granted in 2015, to mitigate highway impact.
Key facts
- Tower Hamlets Council's Development Committee refused a school hours change for Canary Wharf College Glenworth in October 2026. Source
- The refusal was due to concerns over community safety, congestion, and cumulative transport impacts. Source
- The original planning permission for the school in 2015 included conditions to stagger its hours. Source
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