Policy information sourced from City of London Local Plan

CS6: Cheapside and St Paul’s

To develop the Cheapside and St Paul’s area as the City’s ‘high street’ and key visitor destination, increasing the amount of high quality retailing, promoting the City’s unique cultural and leisure activities and heritage and improving the pedestrian environment, by:

  1. Increasing the overall amount of retail floorspace across the Cheapside and St Paul’s area by over 41% between 2010 and 2017.
  2. Prioritising A1 floorspace fronting Cheapside, Poultry and Bow Lane, resulting in an increase in total floorspace in the Cheapside Principal Shopping Centre from 21,000m2 in 2010 to 43,000m2 by 2017.
  3. Encouraging a mix of retail unit sizes, including large units fronting onto Cheapside and facilitating the development of smaller retail units in surrounding streets, particularly in the Guildhall and Bow Lane Conservation Areas.
  4. Enhancing pedestrian links:
    • from the Millennium Bridge to St Paul’s and Cheapside and onwards to the Museum of London and the Barbican complex;
    • to and from residential and employment clusters and leisure and recreation areas.
  5. Promoting visitor attractions in and around Cheapside, including museums and art galleries such as the Guildhall Art Gallery, churches and other heritage assets, cultural events, including the Lord Mayor’s Show and exploring the potential for street markets.
  6. Improving visitor information, including use of the Visitor Information Centre, signage and the “square miler” volunteers.
  7. Enhancing the environment for pedestrians, shoppers, cyclists, public transport users and, where appropriate, motor vehicle users. Improving safety, accessibility and inclusivity through the development of area-based improvement strategies.
  8. Maintaining and improving on the current low levels of crime and anti-social behaviour.

For more information please see the Local Plan