Agenda item

Report of the Chief Planning Officer

(External Comments attached to Annex Pack)

The Committee received a report of the Chief Planning Officer relating to two Grade II listed K6 telephone boxes located to the east of the Royal Exchange on a pedestrianised area that linked Cornhill and Threadneedle Street.

The boxes were within the Bank Conservation Area and within the setting of the

Grade I listed Royal Exchange and the Grade II listed Royal Exchange

Buildings. Planning permission was sought to convert the telephone boxes into retail units

The Committee considered that the proposed use would obstruct the highway and detract from the public realm to an unacceptable degree.

RESOLVED - That the application be refused for the reasons set out in the attached

schedule.