As the remaining Shepherd’s Bush Market businesses approach further difficulties due to the ambitions of developers wishing to build offices and residential structures on the Shepherd’s Bush Market land, there is anxiousness as to what will become of (i) the affordability, (ii) ethnic diversity, and (iii) tenant retention, within Shepherd’s Bush Market, in the short- and long-term.
If the Hammersmith & Fulham Council succumbs to the developer’s wishes, then there may be great urgency for the Hammersmith & Fulham Council to implement sufficient safeguards to protect the current and future market businesses.
Unfortunately, there are already rumblings of certain market traders having to prepare for Court proceedings against the bullish landlord/developer in order to protect the value, location, and rights of their businesses.
The mention of Shepherd’s Bush Market in Parliament from MP Andy Slaughter (Labour) on Thursday 31st March 2022 and the reply from MP Mark Spencer (Conservative) are very welcomed, as awareness regarding the surrounding difficulties of both the short- and long-term prospects of Shepherd’s Bush Market is most needed and should be a subject which many could get exceedingly passionate about.
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