| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Streetfood Market has reapplied - representations due by 2nd July | |
| Posted by: | Karen Liebreich | |
| Date/Time: | 20/07/23 09:39:00 |
| Hi Sarah I don't respond publicly on the forum any more as it inevitably leads to abuse about unrelated matters from the usual suspects. However, I am happy to respond to your query, and nothing in my response is private or secret. I believe the application for the Street Food Market is still live, but the deadline for responding has passed (2 July), so presumably they are preparing for a licensing panel to meet and decide on it. I understand they had quite a few objections and also supportive emails. All the markets must have agreements re refuse collection, it is part of their licence agreement. The Flower Market (of which I am a director, as well as the director of Abundance) is a community project, not-for-profit, we all work pro bono. Our flower traders are contractually obliged to leave their pitches clean and to take any of their own rubbish home with them. We often clear up Old Market Place on our arrival early Sunday morning, after a lively Saturday night, and we leave the area clean. We have had no complaints in our nearly 3 years. Profits go into the community - eg. paying for flower beds, planting on Turnham Green, commissioning plans to improve Old Market Place and running the current Co-Design initiative with Create Space (to which I hope you have responded, via chiswickflowermarket.com). We do not run the other markets. The Cheese Market has a similar CIC structure to us, local people, mostly pro bono (I think they pay a manager on the day), their profits go into hunger alleviation and related stuff (eg. new cheesemaker education). The vintage & antiques market is a commercial operation, a woman based in St Albans runs it. They are less compliant than cheese and flowers, and there have been some comments that they spill out from their designated areas (and sometimes leave their signage on our flower beds - grrr). The Street Food founder lives in Bedford Park, so he is local, which is good. It is a commercial venture, so that is different from us, but all the markets need to be successful, it just depends what they do with their profits. I understand that he will provide two of those big commercial chest dustbins for rubbish, and have a couple of staff to clear up after the markets. I assume his traders also have to leave their pitches clean. I assume all that would be a condition of his licence. All licences are for six months, so in theory could be stopped if there were serious infringements. |