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Transport Dockless bikes in Westminster: operators agree clean-up Lime, Voi, Forest and Bolt will share live data and clear badly parked bikes after a council summit. Fines are up nearly 200 per cent since May. · 3 min read Local Info Westminster house prices: £836,331, down 22.8% The average Westminster home sold for £836,331 in May 2026, down 22.8% in a year. The typical sale was £805,000 and 86% were flats. Postcode by postcode. 12 min read Local Info Westminster Tube times: £3.10 a trip, £8.90 a day A Zone 1 Tube trip costs £3.10 at peak and the day is capped at £8.90. Journey times from Maida Vale, Pimlico and Paddington, plus Heathrow and Gatwick fares. 9 min read Local Info Westminster roadworks: 100 roads shut for carnival, 30 Aug 100 roads close from 6am on Sunday 30 August for carnival, and no new works permits are issued from 26 August. A Marylebone Road lane is shut to November. 14 min read Local Info Things to do in Westminster: the Abbey is £27 to 1 Sept Westminster Abbey is £27.13 until 1 September, then £31. Buckingham Palace is £33 in advance, and three of the best things here cost nothing. Prices checked. 10 min read Local Info Westminster planning: council loses Oxford Street 10 Aug From 10 August the Oxford Street Development Corporation, not Westminster, decides planning there. Plus the new City Plan consultation, open until 11 December. 10 min read Local Info Westminster Bin Collection Days: It's a Time, Not a Day Westminster bin collection days work differently: each street gets a time window, not a weekday. How to find yours, and the 30-minute rule that loses bags. 9 min read Local Info Westminster Resident Parking Permit Cost: £40 to £353 The 2026 emissions bands in full, from £40 to £353.10, plus the £60 diesel surcharge and the battery-size rule that doubles the price for a big EV. 12 min read
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Almost nobody says they live in Westminster. They say Marylebone, Pimlico, Bayswater, Paddington, St John’s Wood, Belgravia, Soho or Queen’s Park. The word means Parliament and the Abbey to the rest of the country, and a council to the people who live under it.

That council is worth paying attention to. It runs controlled parking zones and permits across nearly the whole borough, licenses the West End, and works through a planning caseload in which most buildings are listed or in a conservation area. All of it is published. We read it and write down what it says, with a link to the document on every fact.

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  • Westminster planning: from 10 August the Oxford Street Development Corporation, not the council, decides planning applications on Oxford Street, and the new City Plan consultation is open until 11 December.
  • Westminster house prices: the borough average fell 22.8% in a year, but the typical sale was £805,000 and 86% of them were flats. Postcode by postcode.
  • Roadworks and travel: what is dug up now, the carnival closures, the £18 congestion charge and what an hour of parking costs in each of the seven zones.
  • Tube and train times: £3.10 a trip in Zone 1, £8.90 a day, and journey times from Maida Vale, Pimlico and Paddington.
  • Things to do in Westminster: verified prices, including the Abbey at £27.13 until 1 September and three of the best things here for nothing.

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