Oxford Street will become a car-free zone – but for one day only.

Plans are underway to ban vehicles on the iconic London shopping street for good as part of a long-awaited £150 million pedestrianisation.

The stunt next month will give people a taster of what’s to come for one day as the high street will be lined up with stalls, music and food.

The pedestrianisation proposal, revealed in February, will see the high street revamped into a European-style promenade to restore it to its ‘former glory’ after an exodus of shops. The London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, said he wants to ban traffic on the street ‘as quickly as possible,’ but the plan still needs to jump through official hoops to get planning and government approval.

However, not everyone was fully on board with the plan when Metro spoke

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