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Westminster Draft City Plan (Partial Review)

20 Nov 2024

Last updated: 29/11/2024

Westminster City Council is conducting a Partial Review of its City Plan 2040 to ensure that it is aligned with its Fairer Westminster Strategy. The review looks at three policy areas; affordable housing, retrofit first and site allocations.

Early engagement and soft testing

In November and December 2023, the City Council conducted informal engagement with WPA members on potential changes it wished to make as part of its Partial Review of the City Plan, including its draft Retrofit First and Embodied Carbon policy. You can view the slides from a joint WPA and Westminster City Council member briefing here, as well as an early draft of its retrofit first policy here. On behalf of members, WPA submitted a formal response to the City Council, which can be viewed here.

Formal & public consultation on the Partial Review

Westminster City Council conducted its Regulation 19 consultation on the Partial Review from the 14 March to the 9 May 2024 – the consultation website can be viewed here and our response here.

Proposed modifications to the Partial Review

Following WPA’s response and feedback, the City Council has made a number of changes to its draft Partial Review, including significant shifts in its proposed embodied carbon targets as part of its retrofit first policy. You can view the City Council’s full proposed modifications here and our response ahead of a Statement of Common Ground here.

Partial Review submission to the Secretary of State

Westminster City Council has now submitted the Partial Review to the Secretary of State. The submission includes modifications made following the consultation process, as well as updated evidence. You can view the documents here.

Next steps

WPA will continue to engage with the City Council as it finalises a Statement of Common Ground. Examination in Public is anticipated to take place from March 2025.

WPA will keep members informed on the latest developments as they happen and this web page will be updated as and when updates on the draft Partial Review City Plan become available.

All Partial Review documents and WPA responses

21 December 2023: Response to Westminster City Council’s draft Retrofit Policy

14 March to 9 May 2024: Westminster City Council’s Regulation 19 consultation partial review of the City Plan

29 April 2024: Our response to Westminster City Council’s Partial Review of the City Plan

7 November 2024: Westminster City Plan Partial Review – Submission to Secretary of State

25 November 2024: Our Response to Westminster City Council’s Westminster City Plan Partial Review – Retrofit First proposed modifications

28 November 2024: City Plan 2019-2040 Partial Review Examination- Submission documents

Further reading

Report: Delivering Good Growth in Westminster
Report: Good Growth in Central London
Speech: Marcus Geddes, WPA Chair’s keynote speech from the 2023 WPA Annual Lunch
Speech: Marcus Geddes, WPA Chair’s keynote speech from the 2024 WPA Annual Lunch