It will shut forever this week
NCP car park Nelson Street, Bristol (Image: Google Maps)
A Bristol city centre car park is set to close this week after the parking company, National Car Parks (NCP), went into administration.
The company employs 682 people and manages 340 sites across the UK, but is closing 22 car parks, including its Nelson Street site.
NCP Limited went into administration on Monday, March 16, with the 95-year-old firm stating that a post-COVID decline in parking demand had never fully bounced back, LeicestershireLive reports.
It has now informed landlords and employees that 22 car parks are “no longer commercially viable to operate” and will close on Friday, March 27.
The following NCP car parks will close at 11.59pm on Friday, March 27:
Ashford County SquareAshton-under-Lyne Cotton StreetBanbury Marlborough RoadBexley Royal Oak RoadBirmingham Gough StreetBournemouth Hinton RoadBristol Nelson StreetBromley TravelodgeCardiff Dumfries PlaceEastbourne Trinity PlaceExeter Market StreetGrantham Station 1-3Hinckley Britannia Shopping CentreIpswich Portman RoadLeicester Abbey StreetLeicester East StreetLeicester Lee CircleLeicester Rutland CentreLondon Harley StreetLondon Kings Cross St PancrasLondon KnightsbridgeLuton Regent Street
Across the closing sites, 33 staff members will be made redundant on March 31, with administrators confirming that those impacted will receive support through the statutory redundancy payments process.
The remaining 318 NCP car parks across the country remain unaffected and will continue operating as normal, with no additional closures identified at this stage.
BristolLive reported the NCP multi-storey car park in Nelson Street/Fairfax Street would be demolished and replaced with a 12-storey block with 331 student beds.
The plans were announced in October, but now the developers have submitted detailed proposals to the council.
There would be a mix of cluster flats, studio apartments and accessible rooms.