Plans to give Shipley’s “tired and neglected” Market Square multi-million pound facelift approved

An application to remove the square’s fixed market stalls and replace it with a much greener public square, along with a canopy and space for temporary stalls, went before Bradford Council’s Keighley and Shipley Area Planning Panel on Wednesday. Members were told that the fixed stalls in the square were a poor use of the town centre space, as only a third of stalls were used on Shipley’s three market days.

” Get the latest news, straight to your inbox, with one of the Yorkshire Post’s newsletters Showing members a photo of empty fixed market stalls, she said: “Four days out of seven it looks like this. It is not inviting, it is underused and it blocks public space.” She said the new Market Square would be a “multi-functional space for market traders and other users” adding: “I think people will see this as a welcome improvement for Shipley.

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