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London faces ‘chronic’ street clutter issue 18/10/2023 Central London has a ‘chronic’ issue with street clutter such as disused phone boxes and discarded e-bikes, a think tank has warned.
Westminster CC forced to play phone box ‘whack-a-mole’ 07/09/2018 Westminster City Council has called for greater powers to reject planning applications for new phone boxes.

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