The raised car park behind the listed engine plant at Shrub Hill was found to be “structurally unsound” following an ironwork survey last year.
Worcester City Council has now given Worcestershire County Council planning permission to demolish it.
The site was condemned last year (Image: Worcestershire County Council)
A boundary wall between the Engine Works site and Tolladine Road will also be demolished.
Planners said the “parking area structure” was built between 1905 and 1920 on top of two railway sidings connecting the Shrub Hill industrial area with the City Gas Works north of Tolladine Road and at Vulcan Iron Works, southwest of Shrub Hill. Road.
They said demolition of the structure would “enhance views to and from the Engine Works building, improve the setting of this 19th century Grade II listed building and ensure the preservation of the associated retaining wall and all elements of the railway tracks. surviving railway siding under the deck. »
-“Furthermore,” planners say, “demolition would allow subway use under Shrub Hill Road, which emerges beneath the deck, to be fully integrated into the broader future of the site.”
Worcester Civic Society said it did not dispute the need to demolish the car park, but questioned whether the southernmost boundary wall should be demolished at the same time.
The departmental council says it does not yet know what to do with the 425-meter plot.
Formerly used as a parking lot, the area has been cordoned off for years because its use is dangerous.
Worcester Engine Works is one of several listed buildings included in ambitious plans to regenerate the Shrub Hill Quarter, a joint project between the city and county councils.
A draft planning document setting out a framework for the development of the area was put out for public consultation earlier this year.
