Plans to convert buildings to bus facility

The plan is to provide five parking bays alongside widening of Fairpark Road and an improved pedestrian footway

Cornwall Council has applied for permission to demolish the disused Coronation Hall and St John’s Ambulance buildings in Liskeard and replace them with a new bus facility.

The plan is to provide five parking bays, accessible paved pedestrian areas around the existing Market Cafe, a bus shelter and cycle storage, with the widening of Fairpark Road and an improved pedestrian footway.

In 2023, Liskeard Creative Hub opened on the site of the old cattle market, which was planned to add £1.2m a year to the local economy.

Funded by the Department of Transport, the plans state the bus and passenger facility is an important element in Cornwall’s Bus Service Improvement Plan for the area.

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the Liskeard Cattle Market car park site is an ideal location as it will contribute to the regeneration of the site alongside other development projects in progress.

Cornwall Council said it hoped the scheme would play a "significant role in offering sustainable travel choice to people in the Liskeard area and surrounding parishes."