Plans to convert a disused listed cinema in Walthamstow, East London, so it can be used for religious, community, cafe and retail activity have been refused on appeal.
The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) submitted redevelopment proposals for the Grade ll* former Granada cinema in Hoe Street and two adjoining properties. Waltham Forest Council refused the redevelopment schemes – which included residential development in one variant – and the applications, including proposed listed building consent, and subsequent appeals were recovered for ministerial determination.
The decision letter from Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said that the cinema should be re-used to boost regeneration in the area but argued that a scheme involving the listed former cinema currently being worked up by Waltham Forest Cinema Trust (WFCT) was preferable to UCKG’s proposals.
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