The weekly market off Skeltons Lane near Leyton Midland Station will be licensed to run from 5pm until 11pm on Fridays and from 12pm until 11pm on Saturdays and Sundays
A new, weekly night market has been given permission to open in Leyton.
Traders will be selling beers, food and goods in an industrial estate off Skeltons Lane from February next year.
It currently operates as a Christmas market under temporary approval from Waltham Forest Council, and the full-time scheme was green-lit by councillors this week.
The weekly market will be licensed to run from 5pm until 11pm on Fridays and from 12pm until 11pm on Saturdays and Sundays. It will not be running during the week.
Live music will only be permitted until 10pm, while alcohol sales will need to cease at 10.30pm.
Organisers Leyton Calling say they do not plan to open as early as midday so as to avoid disrupting other markets, but need the flexibility for the sake of seasonal events.
“We’re extremely happy about [the approval],” Leyton Calling co-director Danny Saunders told the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
“It means we can start looking, next year, to putting it on as a proper night market.”
Despite the enthusiasm from the organisers, one nearby resident formally objected to the scheme.
He said that while he “appreciated the redevelopment of arches and the community it is helping to create,” he felt that live and recorded music playing into the night was “totally unacceptable and will disturb any peace we as residents have”.
In their application, the organisers committed to carrying out hourly noise checks to make sure it falls “within reasonable levels”.
“We will manage noise levels, control the impact of traffic or parking and be considerate of nearby residents when it comes to closing times and reduce impact wherever possible,” co-director Peter Lidstone wrote.
Additionally, licensed security guards will patrol the area and prevent the market from exceeding its capacity of 490 patrons.
Danny added the company has run many events in the area and had never received any formal complaints.
“We are on good terms with the residents and I don’t see there being an issue,” he said.
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