Swindon electric vehicles car park plans get go ahead – BBC.com

Plans for a three-story car park on the site of a former park and ride have been given the go-ahead.

The site in Swindon will be purpose built to store vans and electric vehicles.

It will include charging points for vehicles and solar panels to regenerate energy used in recharging vehicles parked there.

It is hoped the plans will help delivery companies transition to electric vehicles and have “social and environmental” benefits for the area.

The facility will be built by Infinium Logistics, who say the site will provide firms with convenience and the chance to reduce their impact on the environment.

They say it will allow businesses “to transition to zero carbon by the use of electric vehicles but also offer car and van charging facilities to the public.”

The firm also believes will benefit local residents by “reducing the number of ‘white vans’ parked on streets overnight.”

The brownfield site, on the former Groundwell industrial estate, is set to be transformed following approval from Swindon Borough Council.

Plans also include welfare facilities for staff and users, and permission to build a single-storey commercial building, most likely to be used as a café.

Council planners said the development would provide significant “renewable energy infrastructure and “contribute towards the borough’s carbon neutral targets.”