The Council has agreed that English Heritage can use part of the Castle Car Park as a building compound over then next few months.

The decision comes as a £4.7 million contract starts which will see external works to Clifford’s Tower including improvements to handrails for existing access stair up the motte, introduction of resting places to the sides of the stairs, internal works within the Tower to include the installation of new staircase, tower floor, walkways, balustrade, plaza and roof deck.

£900K will be spent on the public realm.

English Heritage still plan on providing a hard landscaped plaza with street furniture, in front of the steps leading to the Tower. This would result in the loss of 5 car parking spaces.

A small Piaggio vehicle will be parked there and used as a ticket and information guide point,

The work will take until the autumn to complete