by Council was accused of excluding complaints against a forbidden ice seller.
Paul St. Hilaire SR was blocked in 2012 by the sale of ice by a van in Greenwich in southeastern London.
He and his son Paul St. Hilaire Jr., a lawyer, have fought since then to regain the field that he has occupied on King William Walk near the royal observatory.
Mr. St. Hilaire Jr. has accused the Greenwich Council to use false reasons in order to grant you a permanent pitch.
“The council made the decision against constant parking spaces because they claimed to have had 13 symptoms against my father,” he said.
“But the so -called symptoms were not at all;
Mr. St. Hilaire SR, 70, sold ice on King William Walk for the first time in the 1980s.
Customers from all over the world
“I loved selling ice cream there, it was beautiful and busy,” he said.
“My customers came from all over the world, but had a similarity: they didn’t want the expensive ice to be sold by the National Maritime Museum nearby – they wanted a MR Whippy.”
But in 2004 the street was closed to Vans ice cream because it was too tight.
In 2011, the National Maritime Museum opened a new wing that spread it and prompted the St. Hilaires to apply for a license.
The Council rejected the application, but had to give an appellant in 2013.
This decision was confirmed in 2015, but in 2016 when they applied for the renewal of the license, the council said that King William Walk was no longer approved for street trading.
In 2021, the Council briefly overturned this decision before confirming in 2023 that it was not open to the street trade.
In August, the St. Hilaires will be released at the High Court to question the decision of 2023.
“It would be fun if it were not so heartbreaking,” said Mr. St. Hilaire Sr. “” All this excitement, excitement and costs about ice. “
A spokesman for the Greenwich Council said: “King William Walk is a narrow and busy historical road. We have to make sure that everyone can move safely and easily so that a street trade can restrict to avoid that queues block the way.”
