Plans for a new public square at Nottingham's Sneinton Market have been put on display.

Local residents were given the opportunity to have their say on the Patel Taylor-designed proposals – part of a wider £6.8m scheme to improve links with the city's eastside – at a Nottingham City Council (NCC) event held on 24 April. The public square, which will create a space for events, festivals and performances, is designed to complement the renovation of Victoria Leisure Centre and encourage further regeneration of the area.

A sustainable water feature - incorporating lined water jets that will create a range of patterns - is being proposed opposite to the leisure centre's proposed café terrace. NCC's interim corporate director for development, Jennifer Dearing, said: "People's views and ideas of what they would like to see in the new square, from previous consultations, have helped to shape the design, and we welcome an opportunity for people to comment now on the proposed design."

Work is expected to get underway on the new public square in winter 2010 and take around a year to complete.