Last updated: 20/11/2024
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.
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.
Next steps
WPA will continue to engage with the City Council as it progresses the draft Partial Review of the City Plan towards submission in late November and 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
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
