Lynn Denham

It should be after 22 years, Mr Evans joked.

City Council Leader Lynn Denham had objected to the plan, saying the installation would be a retrograde step and have a negative impact on Worcester's welcoming environment for visitors.

She said there was no clear and convincing justification for the proposal and the public benefits that flow from the development are insufficient to outweigh the harm.

Some in Ngai, who is planning to turn 48 Broad Street into a tea room, said the hub would have had a negative impact on the Grade 2 listed building and said a network of large illuminated digital structures would alter the character of Worcester's historic city centre.

At a city council meeting on Tuesday, Craig Routledge said the group has now grown to more than 600 residents.

The issue we're opposed to isn't development in general, it's development in the green belt, he said.

The whole purpose of it is to protect the quality of the environment and at church farm that means claims and fernal heath mr routledge said the recently adopted south worcestershire development plan review a planning blueprint for the area does not include church farm as development land it was considered but not allocated because of its green belt status he told councillors it is forty eight hectares of grade two agricultural land he called on councillors to reject overtures from this developer Later in the meeting, Klain's councillor, Jessie Jagger, asked leader Lynn Denham to reassure residents that pressure to meet national housing targets would not result in greenbelt land in Worcestershire being lost.

Councillor Denham said the government has set ambitious house building targets which apply across the country.