Plans to redevelop demolished car park site

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Ivan Morris PoxtonLocal Democracy Reporting Service

News image — The Abbey Walk car park in Grimsby was closed in 2024 and demolished earlier this year

Lara King/BBC Grey concrete car park being demolished. There is an orange bulldozer in the centre of the picture which is tearing down the car park. There are piles of rubble on the ground. Two men are standing looking at the car park with their back to the camera, one is wearing an orange boiler suit and a hard hat, the other man is wearing jeans, a blue top and a black hard hat — The Abbey Walk car park in Grimsby was closed in 2024 and demolished earlier this year

Plans have been submitted to replace a demolished multi-storey car park with more parking spaces.

The 427-space Abbey Walk Car Park in Grimsby town centre was closed in 2024 after structural defects were discovered. It was pulled down earlier this year.

North East Lincolnshire Council plans to build an 81-space replacement, including five designated Blue Badge bays, an area for motorcycle parking and four EV charging stations.

The cost of demolishing the multi-storey car park and building its ground-level replacement has previously been estimated at between £1.5m and £2.5m.

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), the new car park is designed to allow a second storey to be added later if needed, doubling the capacity.

Car park spaces on the new site would also be bigger to accommodate larger modern vehicles, compared with the ones in use when the original car park was built in 1969.

Four concrete artworks by artist Harold Gosney on the side of the structure were removed for preservation during demolition.

If planning permission is granted, work would start on the new car park later this year, the LDRS said.

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