The former EMD factory site could become an indoor market.

The market, currently held on Market Hill on Fridays and Saturdays, has been declining in recent years and a list of ideas of how to improve it has been drawn up by the Halstead Chamber of Trade.

Chairman Anne Maree Robertson said: “We are thinking of moving the market as the feedback we have received from traders is that the hill is an issue and that traders are put off due to the uneven terrain.

“We have a meeting soon to discuss ideas for the market with other interested groups, such as the council and the Town Team.

“There is the possibility of a possible indoor market at the former EMD site, and it will be on a list of suggestions at the meeting."