Haverfordwest market to make way for £3.4m library

The canopy at the southern end of the building will be demolished and replaced with a glazed structure which will house the cafe

Plans to transform an indoor market into a county library for Pembrokeshire were backed on Tuesday.

The council wants to convert the Riverside market in Haverfordwest into a library, gallery and cafe.

Pembrokeshire council has received a £285,000 grant from the Welsh Government towards the £3.4m scheme.

The planning committee voted to give the head of planning the power to approve the plans after the consultation ends.

The council anticipates the new library could generate close to £1m of spending in the local economy and create eight to 15 additional jobs.

The consultation ends on 13 September.

The interior of the planned library

The proposed gallery area