Decision details

Buttermarket - Upper Floor

Decision Maker: Leader - Portfolio Holder Strategy, Performance & Finance

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To seek approval to bring the upper floor of the Buttermarket into use, reflected in the wider aspirations to revitalise Newark Town Centre.

Reasons for the decision:

To bring the upper floor of the Buttermarket into use, supporting the Council’s town centre strategy and maximising the value of a key property within the Council’s portfolio.To bring the upper floor of the Buttermarket into use, supporting the Council’s town centre strategy and maximising the value of a key property within the Council’s portfolio.

Alternative options considered:

Do nothing and leave the first floor unlet and unused.

Publication date: 19/02/2026

Date of decision: 19/02/2026

Effective from: 25/02/2026

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