The first step to developing a new central business district around Warrington's Bank Quay station has been taken.

Parker Street (MSCP) has submitted a planning application for a 645-bay multi-storey car park on a site currently occupied by Poundstretcher.

The five-storey building, designed by Stripe Consulting, will provide capacity for the expected increase in residents and workers as the area is transformed.

The application follows completion of the new Centre Park link road, which feeds traffic into the Bank quay area from the town’s expanding southern suburbs.

If permission is granted, work is expected to start on site in the spring of 2022. The project's construction value is £15m.