RYEDALE District Council is set to step in and take over the construction of a relocated livestock market in Malton.
Members of the policy and resources committee will will vote today on whether or not to purchase the land at Edenhouse Road, Old Malton, and spend about £3m on constructing the new market and associated facilities.
Plans for a new livestock market were first unveiled five years ago after the lease on its current site expired. Extensions were granted and a plan for an agri-business park near Eden Camp was first developed in conjunction with the local enterprise partnership in 2016,
The Malton and Ryedale Farmers Livestock Market Company Ltd has since been working to secure the funds towards relocating the market.
In a report to members, RDC’s chief planning officer Gary Housden said the market is considered to be “integral to the district’s economy, its cultural heritage and its identity”.
The current livestock market, in the centre of Malton has planning consent for a supermarket.
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