Reference: D1073
Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder for Sustainable Growth and Economy
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
This report seeks approval to establish a
temporary market at Eagle Square whilst the redevelopment of Arnold
Market Place is undertaken.
Subject to all necessary consents and
permissions being obtained, approval is given to establish a
temporary market at Eagle Square as detailed in this report to
ensure sufficient market provision during the redevelopment of
Arnold Market Place.
10.1To enable the redevelopment of Arnold
Market Place to proceed whilst still ensuring the market can
operate throughout.
10.2To enable the relocation of Arnold Market traders to Eagle
Square once the redevelopment of Arnold Market Place necessitates
this or sooner if requested by traders
10.3To ensure the continued prosperity of the wider town centre of
Arnold.
10.4To enable the safe and efficient working of the contractor
whilst they redevelop the market place.
Alternative locations for a temporary market
have been considered as part of the initial feasibility work.
However, all the other Council owned land was either not within the
town centre or not suitable for a market (i.e. not hard surfaced).
Therefore, the only option to meet the requirements was the land at
Eagle Square. There is the option of putting the stalls in storage
and only operating a reduced market on the current site. However,
there will be a point during construction where all of the stalls
will need to be removed and so an alternative location would need
to be found at this point, in any case, otherwise Arnold Market
would need to be suspended whilst the redevelopment works take
place.
Alternative market stall layouts could have been chosen for the
Eagle Square site. Many options were considered but were discounted
on Health and Safety grounds and in respect of social distancing.
The option for the market stall layout (shown in Appendix B) has
been carefully considered by the project team and has been risk
assessed as being Covid secure and meeting all other operational
requirements.
Publication date: 03/12/2020
Date of decision: 03/12/2020
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