Policy information sourced from the Mayfair Neighbourhood Plan

MPR: Transforming Mayfair’s Streets

MPR1:

Applications for major new developments should demonstrate how they contribute to improving, or at least maintaining, the quality of the public realm within the vicinity of the proposed development through, where relevant, appropriate and subject to local site conditions, the following key principles:

  • Creating Additional Space for pedestrians
    • Widening footways where feasible
    • Open up new routes and spaces for pedestrians.
  • Creating Attractive Streetscapes
    • Well-designed waste facilities that serve the needs of visitors and occupiers.
    • Design of utility accesses.
    • Integration of telecoms cabinets into existing buildings or underground and common ducts and conduits that will minimise future disruption caused by the need for new services provision.
    • Greening (see Chapter 2.3).
    • All developments to have off-street refuse facilities. that seek to maximise recycling.
    • Public art as part of a coherent public art policy, whether transient or permanent.
    • Pocket parks22 and play areas.
  • Creating Multifunctional Streetscapes
    • Dual/triple use of kerbside space, where appropriate, at different times to suit varying pedestrian, loading, waiting and parking needs.
    • Full or occasional pedestrianisation and occasional regular closures of principal retail streets at weekends may be supported if it does not adversely affect residents or businesses.
    • Where possible and to match use and need, prioritise highway space for pedestrians over cyclists, and cyclists over motorists.
    • Provision of Oasis Areas (see Policy MR4).
  • Creating Accessible and Safe Streetscapes
    • Provision should be made for those with disabilities, including through the use of dropped kerbs, raised crossings and junctions, and tactile paving where appropriate.
  • Improved Walking Infrastructure
    • Enhance legible wayfinding that encourages quieter, cleaner and safer routes to destinations in accordance with the Legible London standard.
    • Improve pedestrian experience on the most congested pavements, such as:
      • Oxford Street from Marble Arch to Oxford Circus but especially around Bond Street station
      • Bond Street
      • Park Lane (East side)
      • Piccadilly (North side) and Stratton Street, especially around Green Park station
      • Regent Street East footway (between Great Marlborough Street and Glasshouse Street)
      • Princes Street and Hanover Square
      • Glasshouse/Sherwood/Air/Brewer Street
      • Vigo Street

MPR2:

If not making physical improvements in compliance with MPR1 above, all proposed developments, other than householder applications, should, where directly related to the impact and delivery of that development, make financial contributions through s.106 obligations to fund the delivery of high quality streets and spaces in the vicinity of the development.

For more information please see the Neighbourhood Plan