Plans to pedestrianise Exeter's Paris Street have been approved by Devon County Council.
Councillors voted in favour of plans to close Paris Street to traffic as part of the bus station redevelopment.
Critics of the move say it will affect traffic in the rest of the city centre and have a knock on effect for bus services.
Exeter City Council will now vote on the proposals once the planning application has been revised by the developers.
Councillor stands under trees to stop chainsaw massacre
Emergency preservation order now in place
Three years jail for charity box thief
And he can't eat in McDonald's for eight years
Spat over whether 'inadequate' children's services are as bad as MP suggests
Exeter's Steve Race believes they are in 'last chance saloon;
Totnes market not opening in Christmas week
Most traders don't want to do it
Torbay adult social care rated 'good'
'Our vision is for thriving communities where people prosper'
Hospitals brace for Junior Doctor strikes
From frontline to picket lines
