PETITIONRejectedPetition · petition.parliament.uk

Save Smithfield Meat Market

The City of London Corporation voted on 26/11/2024 to cease the trading of the Smithfield Meat Market. We wish for this decision to be reconsidered and ultimately overturned.

Last fetched 09 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk

Signatures

signatures

Government response threshold (10,000) · 9/10,000

Debate threshold (100,000) · 9/100,000

Petition progress2 events · Nov 2024 – Jan 2025

07 JAN 2025
Petition rejected
irrelevant
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for. Decisions about Smithfield meat market are a decision for the City of London Corporation. You could ask your MP to take action on your concerns about this issue, including by asking them to present a public petition about this. You can find contact details for your local MP here: https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP You can also raise this issue with the City of London Corporation. You can find contact details for the City of London Corporation here: https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/footer/contact-the-city-corporation
27 NOV 2024
Petition created

Background

The market area is billed to be transformed into a “mix use cultural development”.
This seems to completely ignore the fact that the market has a long 900 year history and is itself a historic part of British culture.
Not only this, many traders, small businesses and individuals rely on this market as a source of income and stock. Many businesses will simply close because of this decision - hardly politics for economic growth!