{"id":136266,"date":"2025-09-14T07:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T07:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/136266\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T07:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T07:16:10","slug":"plans-lodged-for-huddersfield-markets-16-5m-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/136266\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans lodged for Huddersfield Market&#8217;s \u00a316.5m revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abigail MarlowLocal Democracy Reporting Service<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757773687_250_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-86c96223-0 iMuqLZ hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cd5da760-8fcd-11f0-a311-831fe6a77338.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Kirklees Council Computer-generated image of an indoor market with a street food stall, a high glass roof and people walking around the building and standing at stalls.\" class=\"sc-86c96223-0 fHZDyi\"\/>Kirklees Council<\/p>\n<p>An indoor events space features in the plans for the market<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">A planning application has been submitted for a scheme to revamp Huddersfield&#8217;s market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The \u00a316.5m project is part of a wider \u00a3250m blueprint for the town centre, which also includes plans for a new library, a museum and a live entertainment venue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The application, submitted to Kirklees Council, includes an area for hot food vendors, a bar, a dedicated seating area and alterations to make the site more accessible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Councillor Graham Turner, cabinet member for regeneration and finance, said the design aimed to &#8220;restore and improve the market to future-proof it for generations to come&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The Grade II listed market building on Northumberland Street would also undergo restoration and repair works, including restoring it to its original colour scheme of traditional reds, pinks and creams, a council spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The plans included a mixture of fixed and removable stalls to enable events including food festivals and community celebrations to take place, they added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Accessible doors and toilets would also be installed, according to the <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/lnp\/ldrs\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 jZoZnB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Local Democracy Reporting Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757773687_250_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-86c96223-0 iMuqLZ hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/59056400-45d9-11ef-b5e4-ed3a2b9245c9.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kirklees Council A computer-generated image of an outdoor market. There are stalls and seats under low canopies. There are trees and a large Victorian market building in the background. A man in a wheelchair is next to another man in front of one of the covered stalls.\" class=\"sc-86c96223-0 fHZDyi\"\/>Kirklees Council<\/p>\n<p>The new market is being funded through a \u00a316.5m government grant<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Turner said the council wanted the market to be a &#8220;place full of opportunities to test ideas, eat, learn, be entertained and most importantly create a space that facilitates economic growth and support traders&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">He said: &#8220;Collaborating with the architects, we have developed plans to restore and improve the market to future-proof it for generations to come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;Huddersfield has and always will be a market town &#8211; these improvements will allow the market to continue being a key place for the people of Huddersfield to visit, and a space where local businesses can thrive for many more years to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">A temporary market will be created on land between Brook Street and the Tesco car park in order to minimise disruption while work takes place on the redevelopment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">If the planning application is approved, work is expected to start in the spring of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abigail MarlowLocal Democracy Reporting Service Kirklees Council An indoor events space features in the plans for the market&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[84,467,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-136266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-markets","tag-business","tag-markets","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}