This article would examine the procedural but vital process of Forum redesignation, which ensures continued community representation in planning decisions. In November 2024, the Cabinet Member for Planning and a Sustainable Camden agreed to redesignate the Hampstead Neighbourhood Forum for a further five years, with the neighbourhood area boundary remaining unchanged. The piece would trace the Forum's history back to its original designation in October 2014 and its first redesignation in 2019, showing how the Localism Act 2011's vision of community empowerment has been sustained in Hampstead for over a decade. It would explain the legal requirements for redesignation and why maintaining the same boundary—covering Hampstead Town ward, part of Frognal ward, and sections of Gospel Oak and Highgate—provides continuity and stability for planning policy.