06/06/2026
How to revive RavensCourt and bring back a market
It starts small — and it should start now.
We don’t need to wait years for a big redevelopment before doing anything. My plan is to begin with Saturday street trading in the Civic Square on the High Street. It’s a manageable space, low cost, and the perfect place to get something going again.
I’ll be pushing for street trading licences specifically for that purpose, with reduced rates for local traders within a few miles of Brownhills — because if we’re serious about rebuilding our town, we should be backing our own businesses first. Anyone further afield would pay the standard rate.
To keep costs down, this would be a simple, self-managed setup to begin with — traders responsible for their own stalls, their own waste, keeping things tidy. That means we can get it off the ground without big spending.
From there, it grows.
As footfall builds and confidence comes back, we expand — more traders, more variety, more people coming into the town. The long-term goal is a proper, managed market at Ravens Court, but that takes time.
The difference is — we don’t have to sit around waiting for that. We can start building something now.
And importantly, we don’t want a copy of every other market you see across the Midlands. This should be something Brownhills is proud of — a proper local, traditional or farmers-style market that supports local traders and brings life back into the town.
It’s not an overnight fix — it’s a gradual rebuild.
But it’s absolutely doable…
if you’ve got someone willing to push for it.
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Promoted by Lee Chapman on behalf of Martin Mason-Woodhouse.
Both at Advance UK Party, 5 Bradford Sq, Stepney Green, London, E1 0SG
