Council approves planning permission for car park

The car park will provide up to 259 spaces and nine accessible spaces

Planning permission for a public car park on the edge of a town centre has been granted by the council.

Slough Borough Council has granted temporary planning permission for the car park on Stoke Road, opposite the Future Works building, until June 2030.

The land was previously used as a car park for Thames Valley University's campus in the Berkshire town and was then run by the council.

Plans state the car park will provide up to 259 spaces, nine of them accessible, and that it would "enhance" parking provision "for commuters and visitors to Slough town centre, especially given the apparent demand for parking in the area".

A planning statement said the car park would give residents and visitors "increased access to sustainable modes of travel, through the railway and Elizabeth lines, and to the town centres' shopping facilities, which will help strengthen the local economy".

Property developer Community Solutions for Regeneration applied for permission for its continued use as a car park in March this year.

Slough Borough Council approved planning permission on 6 June.

It comes after Queensmere shopping centre announced earlier this week that it would close its car park on nearby Wellington Street, and after the council agreed last month to sell its multi-storey car park on Hatfield Road.