Major plans to demolish an NCP car park in Nottingham have been tabled as part of work to continue the redevelopment of the wider Broad Marsh area.
In March last year, Nottingham City Council revealed the government housing agency, Homes England, had purchased the Broad Marsh site.
Included in its purchase were the NCP car park and the former Bluecoat sixth form college in Maid Marian Way.
Homes England has now submitted its plans for the demolition of both the car park and the college site, clearing the way for future redevelopment.
According to the plans, the agency is expected to take vacant possession of the car park from NCP in September this year.
Plans reveal the main arterial route through the city will have to close while the structure is demolished, and the Maid Marian Way route will have to be changed.
Chris King, planning agent acting on behalf of Homes England, said: “On the former college site, all the buildings are to be demolished except for the substation building and part of the basement of the northernmost building housing another substation.
“With regard to the NCP car park, the future development of the area comprises the realignment of the Maid Marian Way gyratory by Nottingham City Council to provide four lanes west of the car park site.
“This work cannot be achieved with the NCP multi-storey car park (MSCP) in place; therefore, demolition of the car park structure will be required.
“The demolition work will be carried out in a controlled sequence to maintain safety and minimise disruption. The upper two levels over Maid Marian Way are likely to be removed with the road kept open, while the lower section will require a temporary closure.
“After clearance and any remedial work to the highway, the road will be reopened, and demolition will continue behind hoarding and crash decks, with remaining structures being reduced to ground level, with pile caps removed except near roads where foundations will stay in place.
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“The ground floor slab over the south-west basement will be retained to support the walls of Maid Marian Way, with the basement either backfilled or propped for stability.”
No timescales for the work have been given, and plans are now up for consideration by the council.
The vision is for a mixed-use site to be created, comprising more than 1,000 new homes and 20,000 square metres of office, commercial and leisure space.
The development is expected to create around 2,000 jobs and was recently given a boost after the East Midlands mayoral authority approved more than £3 million of funding to demolish the remaining half of the centre.
