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We are delighted to announce this year’s RSMSJ Festive Drinks, taking place on Monday 1st December from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. The cocktail soiree will be held at a distinguished venue in Mayfair. Full details will be shared with confirmed attendees in due course. Places will be limited and attendance will be confirmed individually so please email events@rsmsj.com to registe....

Hyde Park Winter Wonderland Residents Tour Tuesday, December 9th at 4pm.   Join us for an exclusive Mayfair and St James's residents tour of Hyde Park Winter Wonderland   You are invited to a special tour of Hyde Park Winter Wonderland on Tuesday 9 December from 4pm to 6pm. The tour will be led by Suzy Griffiths, Vice President of Hyde Park Winter Wonderland and will involve ....

‘OUR NEIGHBOUR WILLIAM BLAKE’ by Catherine Kelly from the William Blake Fellowship Event date: Wed Nov 12 2025

Venue: Mayfair Library
25 S Audley St, London W1K 2PB
6pm - 7pm

It was delightful to see so many of you at an illustrated talk: ‘OUR NEIGHBOUR WILLIAM BLAKE’ by Catherine Kelly from the William Blake Fellowship. What an excepti....

The Queen Elizabeth II National Memorial Public Consultation – now open! Please ensure to voice your views on the winning entry and help shape the design plans for the National Memorial. Following on from the selection of Foster + Partners design for the The Queen Elizabeth II National Memorial Public Consultation is now open calling for your views on the new landmark fully integrated into....

Dear RSMSJ Members hope you managed to submit your comments to the Licensing Reform Consultation before the deadline. The government's  Open call for evidence for Reforming the licensing system deadline for contributing your views and evidence has now ended – the consultation closed on midday on the 6th of November 2025. It’s pertinent that the local residents’ v....

Public Consultation on proposals for the future of 40 Berkeley Square is now open. RSMSJ committee members have attended presentation on the proposal for 40 Berkeley Square.  To find out more and to give your feedback please use the website link here. The forthcoming consultation events are: Online Community Meeting:   Date: Monday 3rd November  Time: 6pm – 7p....

Subject: RSMSJ Event: A Talk by Peter Heath - Urban Development: Past & Present

When: Tuesday, 4 November 2025, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Where: The Arrupe Hall, London Jesuit Centre, 114 Mount Street, London W1K 3AH We were pleased to host the second RSMSJ talk: Urban Development: Past & Present by Peter Heath, an eminent architect and town planner. Peter guided us through a jou....

Emergency Works - Park Street - Road Closure   Dear RSMSJ Members,   Please be advised Westminster City Council have notified us of an emergency works permit on Park Street. Thames Water have applied for Road Closure located on Park Street outside no.2 junction with South Street due to an urgent repair on a leaking pipe. The repair works started on 30/10/2025 and are due to complet....

Dear Residents,
We are writing with urgency regarding the Mayor’s plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street, under the newly formed Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) a scheme that will have a direct and lasting impact on our community.

Control of Oxford Street and surrounding blocks has been removed from Westminster and Camden Councils under sole control of MDC silencing loc....

The second part of the consultation on Pedicab regulation closed on Monday 20th October.  Many thanks for sending us your feedback in relation to this issue. The first consultation in March garnered over 7,000 responses.  TfL acknowledged that most respondents to the first consultation said that pedicabs should be banned and not regulated, the audio from pedicabs is too loud and a....

Dear RSMSJ Members,

Westminster City Council launched Stub Road Greening Engagement on Thursday 31st July,  which has closed on the 25th October 2025. WCC is exploring ways to transform underused stub roads (dead-end streets) into greener, more attractive community spaces. Examples include adding plants, trees, and features like rain gardens, which can improve mental wellbeing, su....

Westminster City Council - Consultation on Traffic Management Proposals

WESTMINSTER CEREMONIAL STREETSCAPE PROJECT

WSP is the agent acting on behalf of Westminster City Council for a traffic management scheme affecting a number of roads that lie in the
vicinity of Buckingham Palace, St. James's Park, Whitehall, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.  A....

Dear Residents, Please note that the road along the front elevation of the Chancery Rosewood Hotel will be temporarily closed for twelve (12) hours from 0600 am on Thursday 14 August to allow a mobile crane to lift glass into the higher levels of the building.  There will be full, controlled pedestrian access along the garden square side of the road.

Please see attache....

Dear RSMSJ Members,
Westminster City Council and The Crown Estate are moving into the next phase of the Future of Regent Street, Haymarket and Piccadilly Circus, and are now inviting residents to explore their proposals on this once-in-a-generation project and share your views.

This is one of key opportunities for local residents to help shape the public realm masterplan an....

Dear Members,

We were so happy to see so many of you at our first lecture by Dr. Francis Boorman on the
History of Mayfair entitled 'Before May Fair Became Mayfair' in the
Farm St Church on the 15th of July 2025 - 18.30-20.00.

Dr. Boorman talked how the open fields between Hyde Park and the spreading metropolis were built up into a wealthy suburb of gr....

Blackburne's Mews closed for Traffic Tuesday 22nd July - Friday 25th July 

Please be reminded that Blackburne's Mews will be closed to traffic between Tuesday 22nd July and Friday 25th July (inclusive). This is to allow a mobile crane to be located in the Mews to undertake glass replacement in the upper levels of the hotel.

We’re delighted to see that so many of you responded to the Royal Parks offer of free tickets exclusively to RSMSJ Members for BST Hyde Park, the Darts Championship and All Things Orchestral.

Can those lucky winners please email communityliaison@rsmsj.com with the subject line:
'BTS HYDE PARK the Darts Championship, and All Things Orchestral', describi....

Westminster City Council's consultation on New Powers to tackle Anti-social Behaviour ends this Sunday - 6th July - please take part in the consultation and support the extension of powers to curb anti-social issues !

Here's the Council PSPO consultation link –  
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Dear Members,

Following extensive discussions with residents, representatives from other Westminster communities, and members of the council, we are writing to share the RSMSJ Committee’s formal response to Westminster City Council’s proposed Westminster After Dark Strategy. This strategy sets out to promote a more active night-time economy, but regrettably does so wit....

Queen Elizabeth II National Memorial Masterplan Design Competition Finalists Selected



Five design concepts have been shortlisted in the two-stage open competition to create a memorial masterplan celebrating
Queen Elizabeth II’s extraordinary life of service.
The Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee and the Cabinet Office welcome your feedback on the ....