Future of New Spitalfields Market
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Bringing the Wholesale Markets Together Future of New Spitalfields Market Image of the existing New Spitalfields Market site. The City of London Corporation At this very early stage the City of has plans to move New Spitalfields London is seeking initial feedback from New website Market in Leyton to a new site in local communities on our vision for the the London Borough of Barking future of the markets before plans are We have launched a new website: brought forward. In this newsletter you and Dagenham. wholesalemarkets.co.uk. can find out more about: This will be the central source of This will help to protect the future of Our early vision for the new markets information about the plans for the the market for generations to come co-location of New Spitalfields (fruit and open up the existing site for How you can provide your comments & vegetables), Billingsgate (fish) redevelopment opportunities that could The next steps for the project and Smithfield (meat) markets to help to meet the need for new housing Dagenham Dock. and workspaces for Londoners. About New Spitalfields Market Located in Leyton since the early some parts of the building are already 1990’s in Waltham Forest, New outdated and there is not enough room for Spitalfields is Britain’s premier tenants to store and display their produce. wholesale fruit, vegetable and Further, the restrictive site design, which has no unloading bays or delivery docks, flower market. creates substantial operating challenges, Along with the City of London’s two other including conflicts between pedestrians wholesale food markets at Billingsgate and forklift truck drivers, which drive and Smithfield, the market has been at through the main market floor. heart of the capital’s food industry for Due to the issues facing New Spitalfields centuries, serving Londoners with fresh and the other two wholesale markets, the produce as well as providing tenants with City of London has plans to co-locate all the space to establish themselves as three markets of Smithfield, Billingsgate leading traders in their field. Inside New Spitalfields market. and New Spitalfields for the first time in However, the market now faces a series their histories at a new purpose-built site of pressing challenges and requires in the London Borough of Barking and modernising to protect its future. Notably, Dagenham, at Dagenham Dock. wholesalemarkets.co.uk/new-spitalfields 0800 307 7549 [email protected] Bringing the Wholesale Markets Together The Opportunity 2020 June 2020 NEW SPITALFIELDS Dagenham Dock outline planning application submitted. 2021 Summer/Autumn 2020 London Borough of Barking and Dagenham’s Planning Committee expected to deliver planning Aerial view of New Spitalfields Market site. decision. The relocation of New Spitalfields An opportunity to accommodate Market will open up new creative industries to retain Winter 2020 development opportunities here employment and respond to 2025 Submission of in Waltham Forest that could help the Borough’s status as the first Private Bill. London Borough of Culture. to meet the need for new housing and workspaces for Londoners. Plans for this site will be brought 2025/2026 forward by a developer and determined The future of the site is likely to include: New markets open and by Waltham Forest Council, in line with businesses move in. A mixed-use development Greater London Authority planning 2026 with a focus on delivering new policy. Any proposals would be subject homes, which reflects the site’s to consultation with local communities, position within the Borough’s key residents and businesses, who will 2026 onwards corridor for economic growth and have further opportunities to have their Mixed-use development intensification. say on the plans once they have been could commence at New Spitalfields developed. Next Steps and providing your feedback The City of London has submitted a In the meantime, we would welcome To provide your feedback you planning application to the London your feedback on the relocation of the can contact us via the following: Borough of Barking and Dagenham wholesale market. Specifically, we for the co-located markets site. would like to know: W: wholesalemarkets.co.uk/ new-spitalfields ‘How will the relocation of New If these plans are approved by Spitalfields Market impact you E: marketsprogramme@ the local authority then it will be a or your community?’ cityoflondon.gov.uk step towards to co-location of New T: 0800 307 7549 (freephone) Spitalfields, Billingsgate and Smithfield at Dagenham Dock. When emailing, please add ‘New Spitalfields’ to the subject line. The indicative timeline shows the new site at Dagenham Dock delivered by 2026, at which point the current New Spitalfields Market site would be available for redevelopment. wholesalemarkets.co.uk/new-spitalfields 0800 307 7549 [email protected].