A two-storey car park solved the parking problem but required deft design to reduce its impact on the area’s character. Planting was therefore used to soften the structure: the car park periphery was planted at two levels, with raised planters cantilevered off the upper deck as well as amenity shrub planting at ground level; specially selected high-canopied semi-mature trees emerge from the car park central lightwell to visually break up the expanse of car parking on the upper deck; and tree and shrub planting along the service road punctuated more distant views to the store and car park.
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