The hospital presently has ‘vital parking points’
Land presently allotted for a helicopter pad is about for use to supply an additional 150 parking areas at an “overcrowded” Gwent hospital. Well being bosses say the additional areas are wanted to keep away from a critical accident and compensate for the non permanent lack of 302 areas when work takes place so as to add photo voltaic panel coverings to the present automobile park on the Grange College Hospital.
The Aneurin Bevan College Well being Board has made a planning software for permission for development of a brief 150 house automobile park to be linked to the present overflow automobile park on the Cwmbran hospital.
The applying has acknowledged stress on parking areas on the hospital, which it has described as “overcrowded”, and stated it expects the issue to worsen when work to put in the photo voltaic panel covers takes place and that would pose a hazard to pedestrians.
A planning assertion submitted with the applying warns: “The Grange web site suffers from vital parking points on account of overcrowding and this has resulted in autos being parked inflicting obstruction and creating hazard for pedestrians.
“The photo voltaic automobile port works will, while solely non permanent, exacerbate these parking points and there’s actual concern {that a} critical incident might happen and subsequently some type of mitigation is required.”
The well being board utilized to Torfaen Borough Council for planning permission for a cover with photo voltaic panels, that may cowl present areas on the hospital automobile park, in Might and now needs permission for the non permanent automobile park whereas work takes place. For the largest tales in Wales first, signal as much as our day by day e-newsletter right here
The land is on the southern finish of the hospital web site and past the present overflow automobile park. The applying additionally states long run, “everlasting” options to parking demand, and “thoughtless and harmful” parking on the hospital are being thought-about however says “the issue is so acute that further provision is required as quickly as doable”.
In accordance with the applying type the land is presently used as “a secondary helicopter touchdown space”.
The photo voltaic panels will cowl a complete of 220 areas however the work will affect 302 areas as a result of want for a web site compound, security zones and non permanent various entry routes.
Work to erect the panels is anticipated to take round six to seven months and on account of begin in 2026 and will probably be break up into 4 phases with every section prone to affect between 60 and 100 parking areas at a time.
The online enhance in parking areas will probably be 143 as seven areas will probably be to interchange the identical quantity misplaced to supply a large sufficient entry from the present parking space.
The areas will probably be 2.6 metres broad and 4.8m lengthy to adjust to Torfaen’s planning coverage and the board intends utilizing a specialist porous floor assist matting.
A low stage timber knee rail can also be proposed to determine a boundary and forestall vehicles parking exterior of the designated space.
The applying is being thought-about by the council’s planning division.
