Developers novinto has selected Willmott Dixon to develop a new £16.8m multi-storey car park at Royal Derby Hospital to provide an additional 500 spaces compared to current provision.

The car park will be spread over five storeys and replace the current surface level car park. Completion is expected in summer 2025 and it will be open to visitors and patients to help resolve parking and congestion problems on the site.

Ahead of main works starting on the new car park, Willmott Dixon has also created a temporary car park on a site near the hospital with a park-and-ride system in operation.

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Nick Heath, director at Willmott Dixon, said: "We're pleased to be delivering this infrastructure improvement at Royal Derby Hospital for University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. We look forward to delivering a project that will help to improve visitor and patient experience when visiting the hospital by significantly increasing parking provision. It will also provide additional facilities, including electric vehicle charging points."

Throughout the planning application process, revisions were made to enhance the visual design, reduce the scale of the structure and increase the space available for green landscaping – without reducing the number of parking spaces. The result is a highly functional and well-designed new car park, including electric vehicle charging provision and louvre external cladding to improve compatibility with car headlights by reducing light spill.