A Bolton town centre car park is to be transformed into the town's first purpose-built, multi-generational BTR urban village.

Placefirst's £27.5M redevelopment of the Central Street car park will include four blocks designed around a network of pedestrian-priority streets, courtyards, rooftop terraces and resident gardens.

Designed to appeal to young and old, the scheme proposes a diverse mix of 200 homes including family townhouses, downsizer apartments, and a choice of one- and two-bedroom apartments. Designers are MCAU architects.

A planning application will be submitted later this year and, subject to approval, Placefirst aims to start work on-site by early 2020 with in-house contractor Placefirst Construction.

“This project will show that town centre urban living isn’t just for young people living in boring apartments," Placefirst Managing Director David Smith-Milne said. "Through good design and excellent placemaking, schemes such as this will appeal to families, downsizers and the elderly, living together in a genuinely multi-generational community."