Case studies
Royal Derby Hospital
novinti are delighted to have partnered with University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust and our construction partner for this project, Willmott Dixon, to design, fund and build a new 874-space multi-storey car park (MSCP) at Royal Derby Hospital. The Trust recognised that the parking provision for patients and visitors to the hospital needed significant improvement to both improve the patient experience and ease traffic congestion on site.
Ahead of the main works starting on the new car park, the project required the creation of a temporary car park on a site near the hospital with a park-and-ride system. Construction of the new MSCP began in October 2024 and officially opened in November 2025. The multi-storey structure was built on the site of an existing surface car park and encompasses a Ground Floor plus four additional decks. Included in the 874 spaces are 69 accessible bays and infrastructure for 20 electric vehicles. This delivers 500 additional parking patient and visitor spaces for Royal Derby Hospital.
The MSCP itself is a user-friendly car park with clear directional signage throughout. With each level coloured differently, the overall result has achieved a well-designed, modern and highly functional facility. Furthermore, in line with the Trust and noviniti’s commitment to reducing environmental impact, a solar array has been installed on the top level to help reduce running costs.
The MSCP has been fully funded and developed by noviniti and remains off the Trust’s balance sheet with no impact on the Trust’s CDEL.
Project specification
The new multi-storey car park features:
- 874 parking spaces, including 69 accessible bays
- Infrastructure for 20 electric vehicles
- Modern, bright car park with clear directional signage and colour-coded level
- One-way vehicle routes and automatic plate recognition (ANPR) ticketing to improve traffic flow
- Solar array on the top level to reduce environmental impact and help reduce running costs.
“It has been a great pleasure for noviniti to work with University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust and Willmott Dixon to deliver the new 874-space multi-storey car park at Royal Derby Hospital. This is a significant project for the Trust and will support them in improving the patient and visitor experience at the hospital with a greatly improved on-site parking provision. We would like to thank all involved in the delivery of this exceptional project.”
Jonathan Houlston
CEO of noviniti
“We are very pleased to be able to open the new car park, which we know will make visiting our hospital easier for all, now and in the future, addressing the long-standing challenge of increased demand on NHS services and a limited parking provision. We are grateful to our communities for providing their feedback as part of this project, and also to everyone who has utilised the park and ride service during construction, allowing us to safely build the new car park without impacting on people’s ability to access care in our hospital or visit their loved ones on site.”
Andrew Selby
Director of Estates & Facilities
“We are delighted that the new multi-storey car park is now open, marking the successful completion of a project that will help resolve parking and congestion issues and significantly improve the experience for everyone visiting Royal Derby Hospital. Our close collaboration with University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust and noviniti has resulted in the delivery of a modern, well-designed, and highly functional facility. This new car park represents a major step forward in making Royal Derby Hospital more accessible for patients and visitors, both now and in the future.”
Nick Heath
Director of Delivery at Willmott Dixon