James has welcomed planning approval by the borough council for a new multi-storey car park for QEH which is an important part of plans for a new hospital.
Yesterday, the planning application for a multi-storey car park at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital was approved by the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. Planning designs show the new multi-storey car park will be built on the hospital site.
This new car park will be built in two phases. Initially, the first phase will provide 500 parking spaces, and the second which is designed to be built alongside a new hospital will provide a further 879 spaces. This will replace the existing car park at the hospital, being location on the site of the Inspire Centre.
Speaking about the planning application outcome Paul Brooks, Director of Estates and Facilities said: “Today our planning application for a MSCP has been approved by the Council. To put it simply, without a multi-storey car park, we can’t build the much-needed new hospital at QEH before our 2030 hospital end of life deadline. We have worked hard with our colleagues at the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk to ensure this new car park will have a limited visual impact to the surrounding area."
In the summer of 2022, extensive response to feedback on the new multi-storey car park was taken into consideration when planning the new layout. Responses included:
- Changes to the road layout around the car park entrance to ease traffic congestion
- Increasing the size of individual parking spaces to make it easier to park and get in and out of vehicles
- Locating blue badge spaces on the ground floor and ensuring enough height clearance for disabled spaces to accommodate mobility vehicles
Further details about the MSCP are available on the QEH website at www.qehkl.nhs.uk/mscp.asp and full details of the planning application can be found on the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk website here.
