Lora Lawman, chairman of Wellingborough Council's development committee, has received a pile of letters and emails featuring a range of ideas for the market.


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It comes after a major 40-page report looking at the market's future went before the development committee last month.

At the meeting, councillors voted to set up a working party to investigate all options and report back in three months.

Following its first meeting last week, Cllr Lawman said: "The working party have put some plans in place and will be looking at the many suggestions that have been sent in to me over the past few weeks.

"I am very grateful for everybody who has taken the time and trouble to write to me.

"It shows that people are obviously interested in their town.

"There's been some very interesting suggestions, and the working panel will work with the suggestions and see how feasible it is to put some of them into place."

Tony Mawdsley, who runs a book stall on the market on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, said members of the public need to tell the council they want the market.

He said: "People do need to tell the council they want a market or else they will think it's not paying.

"The people who support the market are keeping it alive, we shouldn't forget that. We do need people to keep on using the market because if they stop or forget the market, then it will go - the council won't spend money on something people aren't using."

He said he supported calls for all traders to be on the market square and to have no stalls in Pebble Lane.