We’re an independent coalition of local residents and community groups working to ensure the redevelopment of Holloway Prison delivers what our community needs – genuinely affordable homes, safe public space, and a future shaped by local people.
Islington Council has approved Peabody’s plans to build 985 new flats on the site, and demolition began in October 2022. We are organising to demand that the people most affected by these changes are heard.
VISION
Community Plan for Holloway (CP4H) wants the redevelopment of the Holloway Prison site to be a thriving, inclusive, healthy, safe and equitable new neighbourhood that also ensures the legacy of the women’s prison is honoured for future generations.
purpose
Community Plan for Holloway supports local communities to influence, scrutinise and shape the redevelopment of the former Holloway Prison site, ensuring decision makers are held to account and community needs remain central throughout the lifetime of the build.
VALUES
Community Plan is inclusive and representative of the local community. Its board, staff, volunteers and beneficiaries are people with diverse backgrounds and views, however, we aspire to and share common values.
We are committed for the long term, and we continue to advocate for community needs throughout the lifetime of the development.
Accountability & Integrity – we act with honesty and transparency, and we hold ourselves to the same standards we expect of those with decision‑making power.
Transparency & Clarity – we disseminate information to our communities so they are informed, and use language that is not overcomplicated and make complex documents more easily understood by non-specialists
Inclusivity & Equity – we believe that everyone has the right to be heard and supported to participate, and we actively work to remove barriers created by inequality and exclusion to ensure local people have a meaningful say in decisions about their homes and neighbourhoods
Compassion – we take a human‑centred, trauma‑aware approach, recognising the real impacts of redevelopment on people’s lives.
Collaboration – we build trust by working with residents, the developer and the Council constructively, even where there may be disagreement.