Up to nine council-run surface car parks could be considered for redevelopment after officials said they are looking for suitable sites for homes.  

Chantry car park in the city centre (Image: Newsquest)

The comments emerged during a meeting about how the city can accommodate more housing, with officials saying government policy increasingly encourages councils to build more houses in the city.

Adam Nichols, a planning officer, told councillors: "We've basically got quite a clear list of what we need to be looking at in terms of increasing densification and further encouraging brownfield site redevelopments."

Pottergate car park is one of the sites managed by the council (Image: Newsquest)

He continued: "That would include obviously looking at small garage sites and other maybe some of our surface-level car parks.

"Some of those are allocated in the current plan and haven't come forward for redevelopment yet."

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