Westminster City Council have today revealed plans to completely transform the Oxford Street area, providing socially distanced opportunities for visitors, traders and cultural organisations. 

The plans, described as the Oxford Street District Framework, include aims for ‘urban theatre’ spaces for outdoor performance, with ‘smart’ technology-based installations and concept lighting featured in the plans. 

Details are not set-in stone and it is unclear which organisations may be taking part in this strategy or how performances might be programmed, but all experiences are expected to feature social distancing. Footpaths in the area will be broadened with traffic diverted and more work done to provide a ‘greener, more pleasant experience for those visiting’ with the council pledging to do away with ‘all redundant or unnecessary clutter’ across the street. 

There are also proposals to build a giant hill at Marble March that visitors could pay to climb to get a view out across central London and Hyde Park.

The plans could be delivered by late spring, but further details are currently unknown.