We have to ensure there is space for people to park while the new hospital is being built, and a new car park will vastly improve parking facilities for patients, visitors and our staff.

A multi-storey car park needs to be built to ensure patients and visitors have somewhere to park during the construction period. The car park needs to be big enough for the future and work within the limitations of the current site, which is why it is a multi-storey option.

We have listened to people about parking in the past, and another survey, which took place in August 2024, added to the information we already had by asking about the potential new parking provision. The information we received has been fed into our plans you can read more about this on the You Said, We Did page. We sought further feedback from staff, patients, visitors and our communities on the current plans in November and December 2024.

The approach to the hospital plans has evolved since the initial car park plans were developed and will now see a greater focus on delivering services from community settings, including the proposed health hub in Keighley. ​We will also be delivering more services from other community bases, as part of our plans with health and care partners in Bradford District and Craven.  

This will mean fewer people need to come to the main hospital site for appointments and more hospital staff will be working in other locations so there will be less demand for parking. The size of the proposed car park has therefore been reduced to reflect this. 

There will be 949 parking spaces in total, including:

• 57 accessible parking spaces 

• 38 family spaces 

• 136 electric vehicle spaces 

• 50 bicycle bays 

• 19 motorcycle spaces 

Yes, the car park will be built in the same location as originally planned, in the southwest corner of the hospital on the current P3 car park.

No, the overall footprint of the multi-storey car park has been reduced rather than the height so it will still be 5 storeys.

The façade will look similar to the original design, featuring a laser cut pattern that reflects the surrounding nature of the hospital. This design is in response to feedback from the pre-planning consultation about the enabling works held in 2024.  

The change that has been made to the design is that rather than being a solid façade, ‘breaks’ will be put in the cladding to provide natural ventilation. 

There will be two vehicle entrance and exit points, three lifts and stairways.

The plans for the new hospital are based on providing these services in the community rather than on the main site and we have funding agreed for this so are confident it will be achieved. 

The plans for the new hospital and supporting infrastructure are based on extensive modelling of future population increases and health needs. These have been factored into the sizing of the car park as well as the new hospital. 

Parking bays will be bigger than the current standards, in line with feedback from patients and staff. The standard car park spaces will be 5 metres long and 2.6 metres wide.

There isn’t a separate budget for the multi-storey car park; this, along with all the other enabling works, comes from the fixed budget we have been allocated for the new hospital. Building more spaces than we need would mean there is less money available for other important things in the new hospital, and we don’t feel this would be the best use of public money 

If more spaces were needed in the future, there is flexibility within the site plan to creating more surface car parking spaces in areas that have not been allocated for building the hospital. As well as offering more flexibility, this would be significantly cheaper than providing spaces in the multi-storey building. 

The Trust is developing a travel plan to help reduce traffic to the site and promote other forms of transport, which is expected to reduce the need for parking further. 

There are no changes planned to the current policy of patients, visitors and staff paying for parking. People will pay for parking when exiting the car park and there will be pay machines on the ground floor level towards the direction of the hospital.

There will be security on site with CCTV coverage of the car park at all times. All areas will be well lit.

We have submitted a planning application for the multi-storey car park and access road to Bradford Council, and we are expecting the outcome soon.