Derby's Eagle market site sees go karting plan submitted

Derbion says the Eagle Market is no longer sustainable

Plans have been submitted to convert Derby's Eagle Market into a family leisure hub.

In September, owners Derbion said the market was "unsustainable" and gave traders notice to be out by March 2023.

The planning application is for a change of use from retail to leisure and mentions "go-karting, amusements and drinking space".

An exhibition about the changes is being held in the Derbion shopping centre on Friday and Saturday.

A masterplan was unveiled last week for a major redevelopment of the area

The scheme, which covers only part of the market site, is part of a wider development of the city centre, called the Eagle Quarter.

A planning application for the rest of the site, now called the Eastern Gateway, has already been already submitted

But the move would leave the city centre without a market until the £30m refurbishment of the Market Hall is finished in late 2024.