San Fer­nan­do May­or Robert Par­ris has con­firmed that street vend­ing on High Street will not be per­mit­ted this Christ­mas, end­ing a long-stand­ing hol­i­day tra­di­tion in the city cen­tre.

Par­ris ex­plained that the de­ci­sion fol­lows wide­spread non­com­pli­ance dur­ing last year’s tem­po­rary au­tho­ri­sa­tion, when ven­dors re­fused to op­er­ate with­in des­ig­nat­ed ar­eas at Lord Street and Har­ris Prom­e­nade.

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia in Mara­bel­la yes­ter­day, the may­or said the San Fer­nan­do City Cor­po­ra­tion (SFCC) had gone out of its way to ac­com­mo­date ven­dors in 2024, con­struct­ing a venue on the prom­e­nade for use with­in a set time frame. How­ev­er, many ven­dors de­fied the arrange­ment and con­tin­ued oc­cu­py­ing High Street il­le­gal­ly af­ter the au­tho­rised pe­ri­od end­ed.