Frequently Asked Questions

Wandsworth Council has developed a Night Time Strategy for the borough to provide recommendations on how we can make the night-time a better experience for everyone living, working, and visiting the borough. 

We want to make sure Wandsworth continues to be an attractive place for people to spend time at night, as a destination for socialising, arts and culture, work, sport and eating and drinking.  

The Night Time Strategy is a document that looks at issues like conditions for night workers as well as the economic and cultural development of night-time activities. It includes ways we can plan for safety, design, lighting and transport at night. 

The recommendations support our town and local centres to ensure they are vibrant, resilient, and safe, and help businesses to continue to recover from the pandemic and beyond.

From celebration and entertainment, work and rest, travel, safety, and enjoyment of public spaces, the night-time is a place for many things that cover all parts of life. 

Whilst night life is an integral part of London as a city, our purpose for this Strategy is much wider. We have tried to understand the intricacies of the night-time as it changes and identify services that could be provided or improved. In terms of opening times, this might include a broad range of businesses who could benefit from extended hours, such as shops, cafes and laundrettes. 

We also want to make places where people feel vulnerable safer, improving them to create a more inclusive and welcoming environment for all. 

The Greater London Authority (GLA) recommended all boroughs produce visions for their night times, for more information on the GLA’s guidance, click here.

The feedback from all the consultations and engagement activities have been analysed and have helped shape the recommendations in final Night Time Strategy document. We trust you know your areas best, so we have tried to reflect everything that was said.

No. The Council will work with the Police to move some of the recommendations in the Night Time Strategy forward, but individual responses from this consultation will not be fed back to the Police. This consultation is not for the purpose of reporting crime. To report a crime please contact the Police on 999 (emergency) or 101 (non-emergency).

Some of the recommendations in the Night Time Strategy will manifest in smaller interventions that can be acted on in a matter of months, whereas others may be years. Now that the Strategy has been launched, the Council will work together with businesses, residents and external organisations such as Transport for London to improve the night-time environment in the long-term.

Following approval of the Night Time Strategy, the Economic Development Office will produce a checklist and assign responsibilities for the range of stakeholders and Council departments involved in taking the recommendations forward.  

The High Streets Team will establish a night-time working group with the Police, TfL and Licensing to begin conversations and work with internal departments, town centre BIDS, individual businesses, youth clubs and community groups to address the town and local centre specific recommendations.  

The recommendations will now also be considered in Planning and Licensing decisions, as well as by the Community Safety, Transport and Highways teams.

The Strategy is not static however, and due to the changing nature of resident needs, demographics and the night-time economy, a night-time status report will be completed annually, informed by data collection and consultation. 

For further information please visit: www.wandsworth.gov.uk/night-time-strategy

If you have any questions about the Night Time Strategy project, please contact us at NTS@wandsworth.gov.uk. If you have any issues or questions about the website, please contact support@commonplace.is