Planning Policy

Westminster’s planning policy framework is set out in a range of documents including the Core Strategy, the Unitary Development Plan and other Local Development Framework documents.

The current statutory ‘development plan’ for Westminster is the Core Strategy, along with some policies in the Unitary Development Plan. Together with national planning policy and the Mayor of London’s London Plan these set out our strategy for managing growth and development in the City.  Planning applications must be determined in accordance with the development plan for Westminster, unless material considerations suggest otherwise.  For information about the weight attributed to policies, please click here.

For the last three years, Westminster City Council has also been developing its new City Management Plan.  This will now be merged with the Core Strategy and replace the UDP to create a new local plan for Westminster.