• comments on planning applications in the borough to improve the quality of design.
• secured funding for projects: Raising the standard; Action for Hackney Heritage, Doing it for Ourselves.
• supports the five Conservation Area Advisory Committees made up of local people.
• produces a quarterly newsletter, SPACES to highlight the society's work and important current issues.
• undertakes community consultation and research projects.
• published an award-winning book on Twentieth Century Buildings in Hackney.
• Established a Buildings Trust which has raised over £1million to restore historic buildings in Hackney.
• campaigned on issues including litter, street trees, streetscape design and empty homes.