Plans for temporary staff car park at city hospital

A NEW car park for staff at University Hospital Coventry could be built however it isn’t what you’d expect.

A planning application has been submitted to Coventry City Council for a new site for staff to park their vehicles during shifts.

However, the facility looks set to be for only 125 vehicles, and not a permanent one.

If approved, it won’t be run by UHCW and NHS Trust, but will be there to try and relieve some of the pressure on the existing car parks.

The car park is proposed to be temporary resolution to parking problems at the site for just three years. In the design and access statement from IDP group who are submitting the application on the developer’s behalf, it says the temporary facility is to relieve pressure while a new one is being built.

It also states users for the car park are expected to be staff of the hospital.

In the design and access statement, demand generated by the current hospital redevelopment programme is cited as the reason behind the application.

It would in operation between 6am-11pm, and is anticipated both night and day shift staff at the hospital will use it.

Day time staff working 9am-5pm will use the car park along with early morning shift workers working 6am-6pm.

Visitors would also be able to use the car park for which they would be expected to pay a charge.

The land being used for the car park is on derelict scrub land and is located between Bodmin Road and Clifford Bridge Road - just across the road from University Hospital.

The land is in a poor condition, and formally houses a commercial unit, but was demolished ten years ago due to the deterioration of the building.

The current state of the car park is derelict scrub land with the gated entrance secured with loose rubble to prevent illegal fly tipping and reduce the risk of unauthorised traveller camps.