Agenda item

The Committee received a report of the Chief Planning Officer in relation to an unlisted red K6 telephone box located on the south west side of Ludgate Circus within the Fleet Street Conservation Area.

The Committee was advised that planning permission was sought to convert the telephone kiosk into a retail unit (Class A1) to sell pre-packed hot drinks and ice cream or cold beverages. However the proposed use, its associated paraphernalia and the extent to which it would spill onto the highway would detract from the significance of the telephone box as a non-designated heritage asset and would result in some less than substantial harm to this part of the Fleet Street Conservation Area. The City's streets had high levels of footfall which was anticipated to increase further over the next ten years and the proposed use would obstruct the highway to an unacceptable degree.

RESOLVED – That the application be refused.