Decision details

To APPROVE the granting of a new licence agreement for the Dronfield Outdoor Market (Mr N Simper) to now be held on the new dedicated event space area outside Dronfield Active leisure centre.

A copy of the location plan identifying the new event space area can be seen at Appendix (1) of this report.

The market is held every Thursday and the licence fee to be charged for this new arrangement is £50/month, with additional electrical usage to be charged on a quarterly basis.

Dronfield Outdoor Market has for many years been held on the nearby Farwater Lane car-park area, which is not a suitable location.

The current arrangements (which are also granted free of charge) create issues around the one-way system in the car-park and also requires the temporary closure (normally for around 8-hours) of a number of car-parking spaces. There are potential risks to both the visitors of the market and the users of the car-park.

The new dedicated event space area was created as part of the recent Public Realm works that were completed at the Dronfield Civic Centre and it was always intended that the market would trade from this new location.

By supporting the relocation of the market to the newly established events space, the Council Plan objective to create a place where people enjoy spending time and promote the local leisure offer and local events, can be maintained.

Allow the market to continue trading from its current location – this was rejected as it would not resolve the current issues mentioned above.

Additionally, the new event space was created specifically for this purpose.