Plans for a three-storey car park on the site of a former park and attraction have been given the green light.

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

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

The plans are expected to 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 businesses with convenience and the opportunity to reduce their impact on the environment.

They say it will allow businesses to “transition to zero carbon emissions through the use of electric vehicles, but will also offer the public charging facilities for cars and vans”.

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

The derelict land, on the former Groundwell industrial estate, will be transformed following approval by Swindon Council.

The plans also include welfare facilities for staff and users, and permission to build a single-storey commercial building, which will likely be used as a cafe.

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