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CONTENTS SOHO INTRODUCTION 1 NO STAMP FOREWORD 2 REQUIRED ONE SOHO 4 ACTION PLAN ORDER 10 OPPORTUNITY 20 ENTERPRISE 26 RENEWAL 36 CONCLUSION 42 LIST OF ACTIONS 44 WEST END TEAM WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL ONE SOHO SOHO IS A UNIQUE PART OF THE CAPITAL THAT HAS GROWN OUT OF A RICH FREEPOST LON17652 LONDON SW1E 6YY CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL HERITAGE. WHILST IT HAS AN INTERNATIONAL IDENTITY AS A CUTTING-EDGE AND COSMOPOLITAN MELTING POT, SOHO THRIVES THANKS TO THE PERSONALITIES AND ENERGY OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE, WHICH MAKES THIS AREA A TRULY CONTEMPORARY COMMUNITY. ORDER WITHOUT ORDER WE CANNOT LIVE IN, WORK IN, OR VISIT SOHO IN ENJOYMENT AND PEACE. WE WANT BEING IN SOHO TO BE A SAFE AND PLEASANT EXPERIENCE AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE POLICE AND THE SOHO COMMUNITY TO ACHIEVE THIS. OPPORTUNITY THERE IS A SENSE OF BELONGING AND WIDE RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES IN SOHO THAT MAKES EVEN VISITORS FEEL AT HOME AND MAKES IT ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AND COLOURFUL PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, IF NOT THE WORLD, IN WHICH TO LIVE AND WORK. ENTERPRISE ENCOURAGING DIVERSITY IN RETAIL AND PROTECTING SOHO’S SMALL BUSINESSES, PROMOTING ALL THAT SOHO HAS TO OFFER AND OPENING UP DIALOGUE BETWEEN BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS, MAKING THE CITY COUNCIL MORE BUSINESS-FRIENDLY; WE WANT THESE TO BE THE FOUNDATIONS FOR ENTERPRISE IN SOHO. RENEWAL: OUR LASTING LEGACY WE WILL BE JUDGED BY FUTURE GENERATIONS ON HOW WE LOOK AFTER THE HEART OF THIS CITY. WE PROPOSE REAL CONSULTATION WITH RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND WORKERS IN AREAS OF REGENERATION, AND WE WILL IMPROVE THE PUBLIC REALM TO MAKE SOHO ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AND ENSURE THAT ALL OF SOHO IS USED TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL. CONTENTS SOHO INTRODUCTION 1 NO STAMP FOREWORD 2 REQUIRED ONE SOHO 4 ACTION PLAN ORDER 10 OPPORTUNITY 20 ENTERPRISE 26 RENEWAL 36 CONCLUSION 42 LIST OF ACTIONS 44 WEST END TEAM WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL ONE SOHO SOHO IS A UNIQUE PART OF THE CAPITAL THAT HAS GROWN OUT OF A RICH FREEPOST LON17652 LONDON SW1E 6YY CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL HERITAGE. WHILST IT HAS AN INTERNATIONAL IDENTITY AS A CUTTING-EDGE AND COSMOPOLITAN MELTING POT, SOHO THRIVES THANKS TO THE PERSONALITIES AND ENERGY OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE, WHICH MAKES THIS AREA A TRULY CONTEMPORARY COMMUNITY. ORDER WITHOUT ORDER WE CANNOT LIVE IN, WORK IN, OR VISIT SOHO IN ENJOYMENT AND PEACE. WE WANT BEING IN SOHO TO BE A SAFE AND PLEASANT EXPERIENCE AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE POLICE AND THE SOHO COMMUNITY TO ACHIEVE THIS. OPPORTUNITY THERE IS A SENSE OF BELONGING AND WIDE RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES IN SOHO THAT MAKES EVEN VISITORS FEEL AT HOME AND MAKES IT ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AND COLOURFUL PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, IF NOT THE WORLD, IN WHICH TO LIVE AND WORK. ENTERPRISE ENCOURAGING DIVERSITY IN RETAIL AND PROTECTING SOHO’S SMALL BUSINESSES, PROMOTING ALL THAT SOHO HAS TO OFFER AND OPENING UP DIALOGUE BETWEEN BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS, MAKING THE CITY COUNCIL MORE BUSINESS-FRIENDLY; WE WANT THESE TO BE THE FOUNDATIONS FOR ENTERPRISE IN SOHO. RENEWAL: OUR LASTING LEGACY WE WILL BE JUDGED BY FUTURE GENERATIONS ON HOW WE LOOK AFTER THE HEART OF THIS CITY. WE PROPOSE REAL CONSULTATION WITH RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND WORKERS IN AREAS OF REGENERATION, AND WE WILL IMPROVE THE PUBLIC REALM TO MAKE SOHO ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AND ENSURE THAT ALL OF SOHO IS USED TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL. SOHO BOUNDARY CONSULTATION Soho is the area within the boundaries set by Oxford Street, Regent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, and Charing Cross Road (for the purpose of this Action Plan). Please fill in and return this freepost consultation card to us by Friday 27 October 2006. Please list your top five actions by number (in order of importance): 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 3 What was your age on your last birthday? ………………………………………………………………… Featured Imagery 1 KINGLY COURT EXAMPLE 12 31 56 8 24 4 Do you have any long-standing illness, disability or infirmity? (long-standing means anything that has 2 SOHO SQUARE troubled you over a period of time or that is likely to affect you over a period of time). Please 3 one only. 3 ROYALTY MANSIONS TOTTENHAM ONE SOHO 4 SOHO HOTEL COURT ROAD Yes 5 SOHO SQUARE No 6 OLD COMPTON STREET ORDER 7 GAY HUSSAR 8 OLD COMPTON STREET 19 20 5 To which of these groups do you consider you belong to? Please 3 one only. 9 SOHO SQUARE 18 OPPORTUNITY TREET GREA 10 SOHO SQUARE FORD S OX T W White Black or Black British RO C 11 OLD COMPTON STREET C N HAP TO HARING CR OXFORD SUT ENTERPRISE 12 MEARD STREET EET British African CIRCUS STR EL EN HO 13 CLARION HOUSE OLL ST SO ARE HILL H 21 Irish Caribbean RA R QU EE S 10 14 M T OLD COMPTON STREET E EE T 9 RENEWAL S 2 ILLIES AC STR EET Any other White background ………………… Any other Black background ………………… PL 5 PL EL O 15 LIBERTY NO STR 22 AR AC 7 T SS RO ILLIES 13 16 FLAXMAN COURT GY E AM ST PO CARLISLE STREE R REE T TE LL L ET Yes No Don’t know AND N Summary: On the whole do you feel that the changes indicated 17 BERWICK STREET MARKET STREE MA ST T Mixed Asian AY BERWIC AD R ST ARBL would positively benefit you, as well as the wider Soho area? 18 GOLDEN SQUARE EET D’ E’S COURT DEAN T REET 12 N REE AN 13 23 White & Black Caribbean Indian 19 MOOR STREET H ST K ST G ST S U 10 4 GR O W TR 20 GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET REET White & Black African Pakistani LBOR AR RICHMOND E REET E AR ET EK Is there anything else that you would have included in this plan? Please use the space below to tell us; M DO ST AT 11 14 N E 20 ST White & Asian Bangladeshi GR U 16 TEMA F 24 DU R BA RITH RE as well as your ideas for the ‘Go Green’ Agenda: ST E 15 F T M OUR’S PL REET Any other Mixed background ………………… Any other Asian background ………………… 17 M ST 19 AR EW 1 REET MOOR Additional Streets SH REET STREET ST HOPKINS S 15 S 12 A K 3 11 ET ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… LL 1 LITTLE MARLBOROUGH STREET AC IN RE CARNAB T T 2 G S 14 ST E REE Chinese and Other ethnic groups ES ST ON 2 FOUBERT’S PLACE 3 REET BROADWIC RD PT T T A M RE TREET 16 ME REET KI Y ST CO TREE 3 MARLBOROUGH COURT * D S Arab N S P Y ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… GL TR L IER OL 8 ACE 4 GANTON STREET Y E CH R ST E LEXING UR ROMILL Chinese EGEN T 5 UPPER JOHN STREET RE 4 1 ET BO E RE T ST KINGL TO ER ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Other ethnic group …………………………………………………………………………… 6 UPPER JAMES STREET G N T T RE PE S ST Y COURT AT 7 LOWER JOHN STREET TREET REET 6 PUL 8 LOWER JAMES STREET RU E REET BRIDLE T U ST ENEY ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 K P 17 EN 6 I consider myself a member of the following religious group. Please one only. 9 SMITH’S COURT A 6 ER V BE A T LA ST Y 10 ST R PORTLAND MEWS NE R U 5 EE RE B LEICESTER GR ES None/no specific religion 11 LIVONIA STREET T T T E T SQUARE E E E T F ABOUT YOURSELF 18 A RE A N RE T ST H Christian* 12 WARDOUR MEWS ST W E ER S ER INDM H WA GOLDE W C 13 SHERATON STREET SQUAR E 9 AR We want to consult as many people as possible that have an interest in Soho. The following questions Buddhist R 8 BR WICK IL 14 FLAXMAN COURT RD L will help us to see who has responded. As with the rest of this questionnaire we will only look at the YA ST Hindu 15 DUCK LANE S SHER R TRE 7 HAM EE overall figures for these questions and will not link it back to you personally. Your answers are in the T Jewish 16 TYLER’S COURT ET W OOD S strictest confidence, please answer as many questions as you feel comfortable with. 17 WINNETT STREET Muslim DENMAN STREET A TREE 18 SOHO STREET IR T Sikh 19 FALCONBERG MEWS GLASSHOUSE 1 Which of the following applies to you? Please 3 as many as apply. STR EET 20 FALCONBERG COURT ST Any other religion …………………………………………………………………………… R 21 GOSLETT YARD EE T I live in Soho *including Church of England, Catholic, Protestant and all other Christian denominations 22 ORANGE YARD I work in Soho 23 WEDGEWOOD MEWS PICCADILLY I own a business in Soho 24 GREEK COURT CIRCUS 7 Are you: Please 3 one only. * the OneSoho shop is located I attend school/college in Soho Straight/Heterosexual at 4 Marlborough Court I visit Soho on a regular basis Gay I am a tourist (please state nationality) ……………………………………………… Lesbian Other (please describe) ……………………………………………… Bisexual An additional map showing how the area has been divided into ‘Action Zones’, as well as specific development sites, can be found on page 45. Transgender 2 Are you male or female? Please 3 one only. Intersex This document is available upon request in alternative formats, such as large print, Braille and audio, as well as in other languages. Male Other (please describe) …………………………………………………………………………… Female Rather not say SOHO BOUNDARY CONSULTATION Soho is the area within the boundaries set by Oxford Street, Regent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, and Charing Cross Road (for the purpose of this Action Plan).