[Margaret Pilkington]

Ok if you have access to a car, but for those elderly and infirm, the bus station being moved down to Crawshaw St. does the Market and the Market hall no favours at all.

With this development I can see the Market hall becoming a vast mausoleum to the trade that once went on in that splendid building.

It would make far more sense to demolish the market that is situated on the Peel St site and turn that into the Bus Station(this serves the Town centre well and would preserve trade in Little Blackburn Road, Church St....and it doesn't move the centre of the town) The stalls that are currently on the Peel St side of the market could be situated on Broadway.......making Broadway a bit more vibrant and centralising commerce.
Leave the centre of the town where it is......complete with easy public transport access...for the many who use public transport.