Westminster City Council has announced that it will close 14 streets (including Old Compton St, Dean St, Greek St and Frith St) to vehicles and grant licences for the sale of alcohol in designated streets until 11pm, seven days a week from 12 April to 30 September this year.

We would like to hear the views of our residents on this topic and have drawn up a very short survey for you to complete. We’ll share our overall results with Westminster City Council although we cannot guarantee how they will respond to our residents’ feedback.

We will publish outcomes in our next newsletter.

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* 1. What local area do you live in?

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* 2. How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
“It’s good to support local bars, cafes and restaurants in these difficult times by allowing them to use local streets to attract more customers and support local businesses.”

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* 3. How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
“It’s good to support local bars, cafes and restaurants but the council should take local residents into consideration and venues should open for fewer hours.”

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* 4. How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
“Attracting large numbers of people who may not have been vaccinated yet poses a safety risk as it’s hard to impose social distancing in the streets.”

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* 5. How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
“Arrangements to close streets to attract custom should be made permanent.”

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* 6. How concerned are you that this plan will increase noise levels and impact on your household (e.g. being able to sleep or work)?

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* 7. How concerned are you about access to your home (on foot or by car) and other places you visit?

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* 8. Many thanks! Do you have any other comments?

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