30 June 2021 – Update on Pimlico public realm and formal consultation on Pimlico Neighbourhood Plan

Warwick Way / Wilton Road / Denbigh Street public realm

Following last Summer’s hospitality scheme for Warwick Way and Wilton Road, which has been reinstated this Summer, Westminster City Council has started to consider how the public realm in the central area of Pimlico – Warwick Way / Wilton Road / Denbigh Street and adjacent streets – can best be improved. This is within the context of a larger piece of work on “Pimlico placemaking”.

For the central area, as we see it there are three core objective and priorities:

  • Improving public realm to make the shopping and dining experience of the central area more attractive and to improve the environment for business;
  • Reduce harmful effects of through traffic in our area, in particular improve air quality, because it is very largely residential; and
  • Better manage and reduce antisocial behaviour which businesses have told us is a serious concern of theirs at the moment. 

Beyond the central area, we are keen to see improvements in public realm and planting which enhance the four conservation areas and the green and other open spaces while respecting our special architectural heritage. Westminster has committed to consult on specific options for the central area and to consult on and develop a range of projects for wider Pimlico (including Churchill Gardens) before anything is implemented.

Formal Neighbourhood Plan Consultation 28 June to 23rd August

On 29 May we told you that the Pimlico Neighbourhood Forum had submitted the revision of its Neighbourhood Plan to Westminster City Council. The Plan is intended to deliver the vision for Pimlico with policies particularly suited to ensure development conserves and enhances the “village” and its amenities. Westminster is now consulting formally on the Plan under Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012 (as amended). Representations should be made by email no later than 5pm on 23 August 2021 (we would be grateful if you could also send us a copy to email@pimlicoforum.org).

We expect the next steps to be:

  • Late August: Independent Examiner appointed by Westminster Council
  • Around End 2021: Examination concludes 
  • February / March 2022: Referendum of residents in the Forum Area. If adopted, the Neighbourhood Plan will become part of Westminster’s statutory Development Plan and will be used alongside the Council’s own planning documents and the Mayor’s London Plan in determining planning applications in the Pimlico Neighbourhood Area.