7 September 2022 | Vote YES to restrict building heights

Pimlico has a large proportion of historic architecture that is consistently lower in height than that of neighbouring areas.

The plan ensures that proposals must preserve: protected townscape and views, the setting of any listed building or unlisted building of merit, and the setting and key features of our conservation areas (Pimlico, Peabody Avenue, Dolphin Square and Lillington and Longmoore).

The Plan makes clear that the Pimlico Neighbourhood Area is generally not suitable for buildings out of scale with those in their close vicinity and has specific policies for our area which are stronger than Westminster’s City Plan.

This is the third of 5 brief posts about the content of Pimlico Neighbourhood Plan that people living in the Neighbourhood Area (only) will be voting on on 22 September 2022. Find out more:

3 September 2022 | Vote YES to protect our open and green spaces

People like the gardens, parks and green spaces. They want them protected and ideally would like more.

Aside from their amenity and use by residents, the open and green spaces are important as they help contribute to an ‘open feel’ – they open up or contribute to views. We knew this in 2016, when we started our work, and the last two years have really proved it!

We need to protect these spaces and even smaller bits of public realm as well as creating more spaces for any larger development that might be proposed. We also need to improve public realm used by pedestrians accessing the shops, pubs and restaurants. Finally we must keep Pimlico Gardens as a crucial green space that enables locals to access and enjoy the riverside.

This is the second of 5 brief posts about the content of Pimlico Neighbourhood Plan that people living in the Neighbourhood Area (only) will be voting on on 22 September 2022. Find out more:

29 August 2022 | Vote YES to preserve Pimlico’s character

Residents told us they wanted to keep the village feel: the local independent businesses, the historic well designed buildings

The Plan has been written with 23 policies to achieve this: from policies about the sort of business in the central area around Wilton Road and Warwick Way, about open and green space, historic buildings, building heights and the well designed estates. It will also put the local community in a strong position to respond to future planning applications, as well as marking out why we are different from Victoria to the North.

This is the first of 5 brief posts about the content of Pimlico Neighbourhood Plan that we will be voting on on 22 September 2022. Find out more:

22 August 2022 | Referendum: one month to go!

Our Pimlico, our Plan: a reminder

The referendum for the Pimlico Neigbourhood Plan will be on Thursday 22 September 2022.

In brief, our plan:

  • sets out policies for development and use of land in our area
  • reflects the wishes of the local community
  • will be used by Westminster City Council to help decide planning applications in Pimlico

Reasons to vote YES

  • preserve Pimlico’s character and village feeling
  • restrict new development above the characteristic height of buildings nearby
  • protect and improve our public realm, and our open and green spaces
  • ensure new housing meets the needs of families in Pimlico
  • support and enhance our retail areas
  • increase our share of CIL money (the Capital Infrastrucure Levy the Council sets on new developments)

We will send a short update on each of these reasons in the run up to the referendum itself.

Read, download or print the plan at: https://pimlicoforum.org/wp-co…
More on the plan and the referendum on our website at https://pimlicoforum.org/refer…

29 July 2022 | Countdown to 22 September Referendum

Pimlico Neighbourhood Plan: we are nearly there
We now have a final version of the Pimlico Neighbourhood Plan which incorporates the changes required by the Independent Examiner.
It has been a long journey… We’d like to thank you for all your help from late 2016 in establishing our Vision for Pimlico, through the various consultations and the exhibition and for your moral support in developing the detailed planning policies.
We also have a date for the referendum: Thursday 22 September. Voting, with a simple “YES” or “NO” decision, will take place for all the registered electors in the Neighbourhood Area at three polling stations in Pimlico.
Starting in late August, we will bring you weekly a brief outline of some aspects of the Plan and the reasons to vote “YES”. In the meantime we wish you all an enjoyable Summer!

30 June 2022 | STOP PRESS – The Pimlico Neighbourhood Plan now approved for Referendum

Westminster City Council has just confirmed that the Pimlico Neighbourhood Plan can go to a referendum with the Plan being modified in line with the independent examiner’s recommendations.

This is the last step on the path to making our Plan a reality.

The modified Plan has 23 policies covering everything from the uses of commercial premises and improving the public realm in the central commercial area, protecting heritage in the Conservation Areas, protecting green spaces and open spaces, maximum building heights and ensuring that any major development is of high quality sensitive to the local area.

The supporting commentary in the plan has been developed after lots of work with the local community and gives a clear account of how the Forum’s members want to guide any development and new investment in public realm and green spaces in our area.

We expect the referendum to take place in September 2022.