The City of London Corporation has now voted to halt the relocation and is seeking to absolve itself from the responsibility of running both markets, meaning they are facing permanent closure from 2028.
In 2022 it was announced that Billingsgate and Smithfield, two of London's oldest markets, would be leaving the city centre and moving to a £1 billion, 42-acre development in Dagenham.
The relocation was initiated to allow the Smithfield site to become home to the new Museum of London, which is moving from the Barbican.
Billingsgate, the largest inland fish market in the UK, has been operating from its Docklands site since the early 80s after it relocated from a Victorian building in the City.
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