About Us

We were designated as the Forum for the Soho Neighbourhood Area by Westminster City Council on 5 April 2013 and the plan was voted in by referendum in September 2021

​Read the plan here

Forum Steering Group

  • ​A resident of Soho for 24 years, working in retail for DBT and in Soho as an NED for local SME Storm Flowers London. Chair of Plan for Soho and Trustee on the Soho Society Exec.

    Resident,

    Officer - Chair

    CIL Group

    Project - Greening/Rubbish Recycling

    lucy.haine@planforsoho.org

  • I have lived in Soho since 2007. I part own local business Hospitality Source supplying predominantly in the Soho area with glassware, disposables, cleaning and bespoke items.

    Resident,

    Officer - Treasurer

  • I own my residential flat at 16 Broadwick Street on a long lease and have lived there since 1991. The freeholder is Mike Amin and PS Amin who used to run the newsagents on the ground floor. I am a member of the Soho Society and was previously on the Planning Group. I am a member of Soho House but have no financial interest in it beyond my membership.

    Resident, Officer - Chair Cil Sub-Group

    CIL Group

    Project - Air Quality Monitoring/School Gates

  • A resident of Soho and a member and trustee of the Soho Society. Self-employed in the TV/Advertising industry, I have no financial interests in the area.

    Resident

    CIL Group

    Project - Rubbish/Recycling

  • Resident of Soho for over 45 years, former restaurant owner, former shareholder and director of a recycling company, chair of the Soho Society’s Planning and Environment Committee, member of the board of the West End Partnership, chair of Westminster Citizens Advice Licensing steering group.

    Resident

    CIL Group

    Project - Toilet Provision/Rubbish Recycling

  • I have lived in soho since 2005 (now part time) I am a shareholder of Soho Housing Association and the manager of the West End Community Trust - a small Soho based charity working to help reduce social isolation among residents of Soho and the wider West End.

    Resident

    CIL Group

    Project - Community Space/Heritage Audit

  • Business - Chair of SBA and owner of Sophies Soho

    Project - Air Quality Monnitoring

  • Executive Director (since 2005) of Nimax Theatres Limited which owns/operates six West End theatres including in Soho and will on behalf of founder/producer Nica Burns be the operator of the new theatre @sohoplace built as part of the oversite development on the Crossrail Tottenham Court Road station site.

    Business - ED Nimax Theatres

    Officer - Vice Chair

  • I’m Head of Sustainability at Shaftesbury Capital PLC, a Real Estate Investment Trust which invests in London’s West End including Covent Garden, Carnaby, Soho, Chinatown and Fitzrovia

    Buiness - Sustainability, Shaftesbury PLC

    CIL Group

    Project - Greening

  • Business - CEO NWEC

    Chief Executive of New West End Company, a leading business partnership for London’s West End, representing the people and organisations behind the world’s largest retail and leisure destination. It represents 600 businesses across London’s West End with a property portfolio of £3.5bn and annual turnover of £10bn.

  • I am Commercial Director of Soho Housing Association having worked for the organisation for the past 5 years. Soho Housing have been established for nearly 50 years, providing affordable housing for people living and working in the area. The Association has a commercial portfolio, mainly retail units, whose income supports the organisation’s future growth and investment into it’s existing stock. I have worked in the real estate sector throughout my career, primarily in central London.

    Business - Commercial Director, Soho Housing Association

    CIL Group

    Project - School Gates

  • I have been working in the Investment and Development team at Soho Estates for the last year, following the completion of my APC. Soho Estates own a number of properties around Old Compton Street and Leicester Square. We are currently located in our newest development, Ilona Rose House, a stones throw from Tottenham Court Road station.

    Business - Soho Estates

  • Director of Soho Dairy Ltd on Berwick Street Market working with British producers in the face of Climate Change and voluntary chair of the Berwick Street Traders Society to work with Westminster City Council in the interests of revitalising our historic Market. Also director of Hostsoho Ltd a startup business incubator with a think-tank at its core. Have worked in Soho advertising and brand development for more than 30 years and in ethical business since 1997.

    Business - Owner Soho Dairy Co-Opted

  • Have worked in Soho for 35 years. I have owned and run Randall and Aubin for 20 years. As a family we have operated many retail outlets and have a small property holding in Soho.

    Business - Owner Randall & Aubin

    Officer - Vice Chair

  • I work as a director in planning (town planning) at Jones Lang LaSalle, based at the 30 Warwick Street office with a personal/company interest in Soho, and also represent a number of clients with interests in Soho. I have no financial interest in any business operating in or from Soho.

    Business - Director of Planning, Jones Lang LaSalle

    Co-Opted

Map

The Neighbourhood Plan represents the areas of Soho outlined in red.