Plans have been submitted to Stoke-on-Trent City Council to retain a temporary car park in Hanley for a further 12 months. 

The former cinema site on Broad Street first opened as a car park in March 2019 and planning permission was granted for it to retain this use for three years. 

Now, the applicant, Brakes Parking, has revealed plans to keep the car park for another year as the use "has resulted in a positive enhancement to the site which was previously vacant, unkempt and detracted from the quality of the area".

The 0.34 hectares site has space for 139 cars and no changes to the layout of the site are proposed as part of the application. 

A design and access statement submitted as part of the application states: "The City Council has long held aspirations to have a co-ordinated approach to public parking within the City Centre in order to establish strategic locations that visitors can be directed to. 

"The retention of the use of the site for a pay and display car park on a temporary basis would continue to deliver and assist with the provision of meeting additional parking capacity associated with the burgeoning business district and housing market."

A decision is expected regarding these plans in the coming months. 

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