[Margaret Pilkington]

No Gremlin....I am not aware of who has bought this strip of land...or what they intend for it, but I suspect you are right.
As for the Flea Market....which is always busier than the regular market.....don't know how that will be accommodated...matbe in the underused Town Square.

I think that the failure of the market has been calculated.
(Many of the inside Market stalls have gone because they are uneconomic to run.....this will drive current traders indoors ??at a higher cost...and it won't be long before that is empty too)
Had the council wanted to make a go of the Market, then it would reduce the cost of the stalls.
It makes sense to me to have stall filled at a lower cost, than empty and making nothing.
Not only that a thriving market brings people from other towns...but it seems that is not what was wanted in this instance.

Moving the Bus station to Union St was the root cause of this lower use of the market...it was predictable...but of course the council did not want to see it.