The Councils West area planning committee are being recommended to extend the use of the car park at Acomb Library for use by the ambulance service as a stand by point.
The car park has been in use by the ambulance service since May 2008. The applicant has submitted information “demonstrating that the site is required to meet national targets, the aim is that ambulances are to be with the patient within 8 minutes for 75% of all call outs. This stand-by point contributes towards meeting this national target”.
The supporting information sets out that the permanent siting of stand-by points is no longer part of the long term plan of the Ambulance Service, “the aim is to provide a series of flexible response locations in order to meet their targets, so the building of a permanent base in this location would not be appropriate”.
The meeting will also consider applications to bring back into use the White Swan building in Piccadilly and to convert part of the former Borders bookstore in Little Stonegate into a bar/restaurant.