Unitary Development Plan (UDP)

Westminster's Unitary Development Plan (UDP) was approved by Full Council on the 24th January 2007, and parts of it were ‘saved’ by the Secretary of State on the 24th January 2010.  Some of these have also been replaced by the Core Strategy. 

You can download the UDP here.  The policies that no longer form part of the development plan have been crossed out.

• Introduction
• Part 1 (All STRA policies except STRA 25 and 34 have been deleted)
• Chapter 1 Central Area (CENT 2 has been deleted)
• Chapter 2 Commerce (COM 4 and COM 5 have been deleted)
• Chapter 3 Housing (H 1 and H 9 have been deleted)
• Chapter 4 Transport
• Chapter 5 Policies for North West Westminster (PSPA 1, PSPA 2 and PSPA 3 have been deleted)
• Chapter 6 Social and Community Facilities
• Chapter 7 Shopping and Services (SS 1, SS 2 and SS 15 have been deleted)
• Chapter 8 Tourism, Arts, Culture and Entertainment
• Chapter 9 Environment (ENV 1, ENV 9 and ENV 11 have been deleted)
• Chapter 10 Urban Design and Conservation (DES 2 has been deleted)
• Chapter 11 River Thames
• Chapter 12 Proposals Map
  
  
• Schedule 1: Major Development Sites (Sites R1, 3, 6 and 11, O2 and O3, and H1, 2 and 3 have been deleted)
• Schedule 2: Opportunity Sites (OP1, 11 and 28 have been deleted)
• UDP Maps

• Glossary
• UDP Proposals Map (interactive map lets you search for specific policies at specific sites/addresses)
• Summary Version of the Adopted UDP

For information about the weight attributed to policies, click here.

Interim Implementation of the Affordable Housing Policy

• Interim Note on the Affordable Housing Policy April 2011

This note sets out how the Council will apply affordable housing policy in the period between adoption of the City of Westminster Core Strategy (26th January 2011) and the adoption of the City Management Plan (anticipated mid 2012). It replaces the earlier version published during the Core Strategy EIP.

Annual Update to the Residential Unit Sum used in Financial Contributions in Lieu of Affordable Housing contained in the Adopted UDP (2007)

Effective from April 2011

• Cabinet Member Report Per Unit Sum
• Decision April 2011
• Appendix

For 2011/12 the 'per unit sum' figure is £195,000 (and £260,000 for the designated higher value areas).

Background Documents

• GOL's UDP Saved Policies Letter January 2010

• Current Core Strategy and UDP policies

Further Information

If you would like to find out more about the UDP please contact us.

If you would like to see other supporting documentation or planning publications you can search our Publications Database.