Wedco bosses have launched an appeal after planners rejected proposals to build a new bus stop in Dockyard.

The West End Development Corporation filed the planning application to deal with high visitor numbers wanting to be picked up from outside the entrance to the National Museum.

But the Development Applications Board refused permission in June saying the bus stop would not be compatible with its surrounding area.

At present a 20ft by 20ft tent has been erected at the proposed development site to accommodate bus passengers.

Wedco has now lodged an appeal with Minister of Home Affairs, Michael Fahy, against the DAB ruling.

The quango’s initial planning application, which was lodged in April, detailed the construction of a precast bus shelter to replace the old glass shelter on the Clock Tower Parade area, south of the Clock Tower building.

The proposals were considered by the DAB in June.

The board’s members refused planning permission saying the building would not be ‘compatible with the setting, and historical and architectural character’ of the area.

The DAB also stated the new bus shelter would have a detrimental impact to the historical, architectural and cultural character of a Historical Protection Area.

Its reasons for rejecting the application included: “The physical attributes of the structure including massing and height do not preserve or enrich the Royal Naval Dockyard.”