Leeds Kirkgate Market is set to look like “a prison” according to traders, 'angry' about a container-style ‘food village’ coming to the market which they fear will attract drunken yobs.
“They’ll be too high, like 30ft high metal fences. It will be like being in prison. That will be right in front of us. We’ve told them we don’t want it! “They’re not taking care of the stallholders they’ve already got. There’s been no consultation at all, we had a meeting with the exec board where it had already been decided and it was just a box-ticking exercise. The main entrance is going to be for the John Lewis customers and they’re not the same customers we get here.David added: “They’ve never made one good move!”
A spokesperson for Leeds City Council said: “We are proud of the work we have done and continue to do to ensure Leeds Kirkgate Market remains one of the jewels in our city’s retail crown.