Fish and chip shop owner in row over fishy Union Jack mural outside his shop | UK News

A chip shop owner has vowed to fight for his mural which features a smartly dressed fish waving a flag.

Chris Kanizi, who runs the Golden Chippy in Greenwich, was ordered to destroy the art work, which sees the fish enjoying a bag of chips.

Next to the painting is the slogan: ‘A great British meal.’

But Greenwich council do not seem to appreciate the artwork, and insisted the white wall it was painted on was a ‘local conservation area’.

Mr Kanizi said he painted the fish because the council told him he was not allowed to keep an 18 ft hoarding of the same fish above his door in 2016.

It was ordered down due to its ‘excessive size’.

He has now receiving legal advice over what to do next.

‘There have been people ringing up, saying “start a petition” and “have a protest”.

‘I’m going to fight it. I’ve got retired planning officers giving me advice and solicitors saying they will take on my case for free.

‘We’ll fight them to the end.’

The council said: ‘The advert has been painted without any permission in a conservation area close to a World Heritage Site.