City & Country’s (C&C) unwelcome advertising boards have been removed from the attractive corner plot of Guinea Street and Lower Guinea Street. These display boards have a long history:
January 2017: C&C apply for permission for the boards.
February 2017: planning permission granted for the period up to December 2019.
December 2019: signs not removed.
June 2020: C&C apply for retrospective permission for the signs to remain.
July 2020: permission granted ‘on a temporary basis’ and the signs to be removed by the end of May 2022 or earlier if the flats in the General were all sold.
May 2022: signs not removed.
December 2023: C&C apply for retrospective permission for the signs to remain until December 2025.
April 2024: C&C’s application refused.
June 2024: boards removed.