Planning permission has been given for the new-look multi storey car park at Plymouth’s train station.
The six-storey development will replace the old concrete car park which will be knocked down once the new one is built as part of the massive regeneration of the area around the station and the creation of Brunel Plaza.
Special attention has been paid to the exterior appearance of the new car park, which will be one of the most visible buildings for passengers arriving by rail to the city.
The triangles outside the building, with its aluminium panels and steel mesh, draw on a theme that occurs in other parts of the city centre, particularly the Civic Square.
The new car park will have:
- 453 parking spaces arranged over six storeys
- Full CCTV coverage
- Electric Vehicle charging facilities with capability to expand as demand increases in the future.
- A new mobility hub which will offer more transport choices to reduce private car use. This could include electric bikes, electric vehicles available for hire, bike parking, lockers for delivery and storage
- Disabled and family parking spaces
- Defibrillators
The car park will be built to the east of Intercity House on the site of the former RISC building.
The new car park’s location means a significant change to how private vehicles will be able to use Station Approach.
All private vehicle trips to and from the new multi-storey car park, once operational, will enter and exit from North Road East (Station Approach) which will be widened into two lanes rather than the current one-way configuration.
This will mean most of the vehicle movements will be away from the front of the station, creating space and a better welcome for visitors arriving at Brunel Plaza.
Work is expected to start early next year and should be completed by the summer of 2024.
Once the new car park is open and operational, the old multi-storey will be demolished creating development sites for further university campus extensions and a new hotel.
Major work has been progressing at Intercity Place – the tower above the station, with existing fixtures and fittings being removed from the building to prepare for its wholesale refurbishment as a new Faculty of Health for the University.
