Plans for the new and expanded Newcastle Christmas market have been submitted - including a bar at Grey's Monument and a toboggan run down Blackett Street.
A carousel, helter skelter and children's fairground ride are also among the proposals for the revamped market, which will be almost double the size of the previous one.
The proposed event will take over Northumberland Street, Blackett Street, Grainger Street and Grey Street, as well as the square surrounding Grey’s Monument, from mid-November until Christmas Eve.
Mellors Group Events, which runs Nottingham’s Christmas markets and winter wonderland, has taken over the running of the city's festive market for the next five years and has now submitted a planning application via Leonard Design Architects.
If the proposals go ahead, Northumberland Street will house 62 stalls, a Christmas-themed children's fairground ride, a helter skelter and bar. Here are five family events in Newcastle you need to book up for right now.
Blackett Street will house a toboggan slide, while Grey Street and Grainger Street would have more stalls, a carousel and a swing grill. The plans also include a bar around the base of Grey’s Monument and temporary toilets.
The document says stalls and rides would open 10am-6pm/9pm on late night shopping days.
It states: "It is anticipated that construction will begin each year in mid-November and will not interfere with the Remembrance Sunday parade.
"The Christmas market will then remain open until Christmas Eve with any ancillary bar stalls open until New Year's Eve. Following this it will take a week to disassemble.
"It is proposed that during the Christmas market opening dates, Blackett Street will become closed to buses. Servicing along this road will still be permitted within normal servicing hours."
Mellors Group Events said that the winter wonderland in Nottingham city centre last year led to an increase in footfall in the city centre of approximately 6%.
The plans said: "Almost of the areas proposed for this Christmas market are already included within Newcastle City Council’s ‘Christmas Market locations plan’ and have been used for similar events in the past.
"In some instances these events have also included the part closure of Blackett Street. Any additional areas requested have been carefully considered to minimise impact on the existing pedestrian and vehicular situation.
"Therefore, it is not anticipated that the holding of this proposed temporary Christmas market will present any new issues to highways, local residents, local businesses or the general public."
Announcing the appointment of Mellors in June, Newcastle City Council bosses pledged that there will be “significant representation of local producers, both food and non-food based”.
Coun Ged Bell, the council’s cabinet member for employment and investment, added: “I am delighted to welcome Mellors Group to the city and look forward to visiting the new markets this Christmas.
"It is vital our high streets are vibrant and offer a great experience for shoppers as this also helps to create more jobs and prosperity in the city."
A council spokesperson added: “This is a significant and ambitious planning application affecting a large part of Newcastle city centre at Christmas time.
"We have now entered a 21-day statutory consultation period during which anyone is entitled to provide their views.
“We have already carried out engagement with traders and retailers in the lead up to a planning application being submitted.
"We will be meeting again with the Grainger Market traders among others to answer any questions, and our partner NE1 will engage with other city centre businesses as well as veteran’s groups to explain the plans.
"The public can view the planning application and have their say by logging on to the planning portal.
“All views will be collated and carefully considered before any decision is taken in line with the normal planning process.”
