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North Paddington High Streets Programme

North Paddington High Streets Programme

The Westminster High Streets Programme seeks to improve our high streets to make them more resilient, vibrant and diverse.

In 2023, we launched the Programme in the area of North Paddington, including high streets across Queen's Park, Harrow Road and Westbourne wards.

You can now view the results of the first phase of public engagement in North Paddington.

Click here to download the report.

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About the project

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The North Paddington High Streets Programme aims to improve local high streets across Queen's Park, Harrow Road and Westbourne wards.

The programme’s vision is to support local high streets to become the backbone of thriving neighbourhoods where essential goods, services and green spaces are available within walking distance from residents’ doorsteps.

The three key programme objectives are to create Safe, Sustainable and Welcoming Places to support a Vibrant and Resilient Economy and to nurture Connected Communities. Our vision and objectives are in response to our Fairer Westminster Vision as well as feedback gathered from the local community since 2017.

Committed to developing proposals in partnership with the community, we engaged with 785 members of the public at our pop-up engagement hubs, focus groups and online engagement surveys between October 2023 - January 2024. The purpose was to understand the unique challenges and opportunities facing the users of these high streets and prioritise ideas for improvements.

The North Paddington High Streets Programme is part-funded by the Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Timeline

Scope and analysis

Oct 2022 - September 2023
Context analysis to understand the unique challenges and opportunities of the area.

Public engagement

18th Oct 2023 - 19th January 2024
Hearing from residents, businesses and visitors to understand views, priorities and ambitions for the area.

Analysis of engagement feedback

January 2024 - February 2024
Analysing the feedback received from the engagement period.

Publication of engagement report

April 2024

Feasibility

May 2024 - September 2024
Scoping the first phase of priority projects to take forward.

Publication of Delivery Plan

September 2024
Setting out priority projects and provisional timescales for design and delivery.

Design and delivery

TBC
Delivery plan and future engagement for projects will be announced.

News

Engagement Hubs at Emmanuel Parish Church and Rebel Business School to speak to the team about your views and aspirations for your local high streets. The hubs will include an exhibition about the programme, participatory activities and workshops.

Emmanuel Parish Church, 389E Harrow Road, W9 3NA:

  • Wednesday 1st November: 12pm-6pm
  • Thursday 2nd November: 10am – 6pm
  • Friday 3rd November: 12pm – 8pm
  • Saturday 4th November: 10am – 5pm

The Rebel Business School, 470 Harrow Road, W9 3RU:

  • Wednesday 8th November: 12pm-6pm
  • Thursday 9th November: 10am – 6pm
  • Friday 10th November: 12pm – 8pm
  • Saturday 11th November: 10am – 5pm

Get involved today and together, let us shape the vision for the future of our high streets!

Contact Us

If you have a question or query about the programme, our team are always happy to hear from you and answer any questions. Please contact us via the email address below.