Midway car park like you've never seen it before as plans for 114 flats unveiled

-Credit: (Image: Reach Publishing Services Limited)
-Credit: (Image: Reach Publishing Services Limited)


A developer has released its vision to turn a town centre multi-storey car park into a complex of 114 flats. Capital&Centric wants 114 one, two and three-bed apartments inside Midway car park, in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

The proposed development will also include a lounge, gym, and mini-cinema as well as 67 parking spaces. Now the plans have been submitted to Newcastle Borough Council.

Capital&Centric is currently building the Goods Yard development next to Stoke Station.

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Its joint managing director John Moffat said: “The challenge of building on brownfield land is you need to be bold and creative in your approach. Our radical plans for Midway are exactly that and will bring forward much-needed homes in a prime town centre spot. People thought we were mad when we said we wanted to create new homes from a car park but the plans show that it can work and it’s actually made for a more interesting and unique neighbourhood.”

-Credit:Pete Stonier / Stoke Sentinel
-Credit:Pete Stonier / Stoke Sentinel

Newcastle Borough Council is behind the 'exciting' project.

Council leader Simon Tagg said: “The ageing and outdated Midway will soon be redundant with the opening of Castle Car Park and this exciting proposal avoids wasteful demolition and allows new housing to spring up on a prominent town centre brownfield site. Castle Car Park will provide a clean, safe car park for the whole town centre. Along with the regeneration of Ryecroft and York Place with homes, shops and open space, we are beginning to see the visible signs of our multi-million pound regeneration.”

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