Sadiq Khan says residents must not ‘dictate’ Oxford Street decision

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Sadik Khan said that local residents should not be “dictator” plans for Oxford Street because he promised to promote London’s main Trade Street with the support of the locals and Westminster.

The mayor of London resumed last year to expel vehicles from central pulse for years.

“What history does it tell us? [it is] Residents on both sides of Oxford Street who live in marginal wards saying non-violation. ” Khan said the financial times.

“Frankly, this is a strategic street, and it should not be a handful of residents on both sides that can dictate what can and cannot happen.”

He said that investors and developers need more confidence that their projects will be transferred through the complex system of British planning approvals and will not deviate from the local opposition.

Khan, who held a local adviser to the Planning Committee, said that many developers have worked hard to ensure planning officers and the leadership of the Council of Elders, only to sign their plans for the last minute.

He promised to use his new forces to advance Oxford Street project Without needed, the Board Support.

“We hope we will work with the council.. And so far goes well,” he said, but “if the council irritates the residents.”

Khan supported the implemented reforms from the British government to indicate that more planning applications must be determined by professional planning officers, less cases apply to the commissions of local politicians.

In the past, Westminz counsel has opposed the pedestrian of Oxford Street, citing practical issues of public transport and entry on disability. Most of the street is already closed for traffic, except for most of the buses and most taxis.

The mayor has initiated a public consultation on the new corporation and last month “pedestrian.” At the time, when Westmins Board, Adam hugged that he said that many improvements in the mayor of London were difficult to meet the needs of residents and business.

Khan said that changes are needed for Oxford Street to compete with global trade directions and help Major Retail Fight the challenge from e-commerce and shopping centers.

“We have a choice. We can just take online and shopping malls from Oxford Street so that you have left American candies and there that we can give it to life. “

The mayor recently spoke about the margins of the Large Industry of the Large Industry of Property in Cannes, which was for the first time in nine years as mayor for investing in London.