shopping arcade under crescent house
At the March 2024 Wardmote the following Resolution was passed:
This Wardmote Requests that planners, surveyors and other City departments urgently seek agreement and funding to remove external shutters which attract graffiti; and prepare a programme of restoration of the street shopfronts and rear arcade, to make the arcade attractive once again, where business can flourish as an important local amenity.
CoL response
From the ‘Wardmote updates’ report presented to the 20 September 2024 Children’s Service Committee:
City Surveyors have confirmed the status of the shutters with planners and are now looking at the insurance implications of the proposed changes. There are 4 units with shutters. As well as the insurance, City Surveyors are investigating what mechanism can be used to have the shutters moved internally. For the unit being let (6-10), City Surveyors are free to make it a condition of the letting, but for those with tenants already in situ, the planning department may need to issue planning enforcement notices. Once the insurance implications have been ascertained, options regarding funding will be considered.
