What is the Greenwich Market regeneration?
Greenwich Market regeneration is a proposal by Greenwich Hospital to regenerate the area around and including Greenwich Market with a 100,000 sq ft mixed use development scheme including a 100 bed hotel, 17,000sq ft of retail space and 155 trading stalls on market day’s on the 1.64 acre island site bounded by College Approach, Greenwich Church Street, Nelson Road and King William Walk in the centre of Greenwich.
Potted history of the regeneration to date.
In January 2011 the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, upheld the recommendation of the Planning Inspector that consent should be granted for the regeneration of Greenwich Market.
This decision is an extremely positive decision for Greenwich. The market regeneration scheme promises to help with the regeneration of the wider area which will, revitalise business in the market and the town centre, and encourage more people to visit Greenwich.
The consented scheme includes some minor amendments to the original market regeneration plans and allows Greenwich Hospital to rejuvenate two prominent features of the existing market whilst, at the same time ensuring that the market’s historical and traditional features are protected and enhanced.
Greenwich Hospital will re-lay and refurbish the existing cobbles across the market square and breathe new life into the iconic iron roof structure by covering the existing iron frame with a new glass roof.
Through refurbishments to the roof and the floor, the market will become a brighter, more attractive place to trade. This will improve business for the market traders and ensure that Greenwich Market can compete with its London counterparts long into the future.
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