Plans to prohibit ice cream vans from trading on a street next to Greenwich Park are one step closer to fruition in the latest chapter of a drawn-out saga that has already cost the taxpayer thousands. Last week, Greenwich Council’s cabinet recommended that King William Walk be designated as a prohibited street for itinerant ice cream trading, with a final decision to be made at an upcoming full council meeting. The South London authority included the thoroughfare at the north west corner of Greenwich Park on a list of streets it wanted to prohibit the trade of ice cream on in a policy approved at a full council meeting in late 2023, but long-time ice cream van operator Paul St Hilaire Sr challenged the decision in court on the basis that the council’s decision was not legally sound. Bromley Magistrates’ Court sided with Mr St Hilaire Sr and ordered the council to re-run the public consultation process and review whether King William Walk should be included in the list of prohibited streets. The LDRS previously revealed through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request that Greenwich Council spent £52,000 of public money in legal costs for the case. Greenwich Council carried...