Rishworth Street and Gills Yard car parks in Wakefield will be permanently closed from midnight on Sunday 18 June, so that work can begin on a new private sector development that will see the former police station on Wood Street transformed.
The car parks form part of the site now earmarked for a residential offer. As Rushbond, the developer, is due to start work in July, the car parks will close. The ambitious plans form part of the Civic Quarter regeneration and will re-purpose one of the most historic areas of Wakefield city centre as a place where people can live, work and socialise.
Cllr Matthew Morley, Wakefield Council’s Cabinet Member for Planning and Highways, said: “The surface-level car park on Rishworth Street was created as a temporary measure following the demolition of the multi-storey car park. It now needs to make way for this exciting regeneration project that will breathe new life into this historic part of the city.
“We know that many of the spaces in these car parks are used by people who work around the Civic Quarter, including our own Council staff. We will be directing people to other long stay parking spaces, as well as creating new ones this Summer and Autumn.”
