Fact Sheets

Introduction

This factsheet sets out the current status of the various proposals in and around the Paddington Special Policy Area (PSPA). It contains a brief history of the PSPA and its relevant planning policies, details of the various development sites and provides contacts where further information can be obtained.

• Paddington Special Policy Area Factsheet - May 2009

The PSPA is centred on Paddington Station and the Grand Union Canal Basin, and now contains a mixture of under developed sites and recently completed mixed use developments. Together these make up the largest development area within Westminster and a site of strategic importance in London. There are major development and transport projects underway as well as new proposals for the area.

The sites covered by the Paddington Special Policy Area (PSPA) Review are shown on this attached map:

• PSPA Review Map September 2008

The map includes the location of approved applications in the PSPA, as well as a full list of Planning Briefs for the site.

The Special Policy Area status for Paddington was first introduced in 1988 in response to the need to recognise the impact on the area of considerable development pressure on a number of major sites. The PSPA is also recognised as an area of existing good public transport accessibility and new developments are expected to be fully integrated with the existing public transport network and to assist in the provision of improved access and services.

The current planning policies for the PSPA are contained in chapter 5 of the City Council's Unitary Development Plan (UDP), adopted January 2007.