The future of multiple Wiltshire car parks remain under review after administrators at a national chain closed more sites.
National Car Parks Limited (NCP) collapsed into administration in March 2025, putting the future of its 340 car parks across the UK at risk.
NCP is currently responsible for multiple car parks in Wiltshire, including the Union Road car park beside Chippenham Railway Station and a site at Innox Mills in Trowbridge.
It also has two car parks in Salisbury and one in Bath.
Following an initial review of the business by administrators from PwC, over 20 sites were closed at the end of March, and these were followed by a further four car park closures on April 16.
After failing to reach agreements over the continued operation of another five loss-making branches, administrators closed these sites at the end of April.
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At this stage, no car parks in Wiltshire have closed and the facilities are still being operated by administrators.
They have warned, however, that they will continuously review the performance of each site and may make further closures if the viability of the business can be improved.
A spokesperson said: “The joint administrators will engage with landlords and other stakeholders to assess and, where necessary, make changes to the business designed to improve the viability of as many of the sites as possible.
“A sale of all or part of the business will be explored as one of the options to secure the best outcome for creditors.
“The administrators will continually review the viability of each location, and depending on the outcome of discussions with stakeholders, there may need to be site closures as part of the process.”
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NCP has struggled financially in recent years and administrators say this has been partly due to a fall in demand for parking following the pandemic.
A spokesperson added: “NCP’s performance has deteriorated over a number of years post Covid-19 as demand for parking has not recovered to historic levels, particularly across city-centre and commuter locations.
“Continued shifts in commuting and customer driving patterns have impacted site occupancy, while the high concentration of long-term, inflexible leases has meant NCP has been unable to reduce costs in line with revenue or to exit loss-making sites, resulting in ongoing trading losses.
“NCP now has insufficient cash available to meet its financial obligations and the directors have therefore taken the decision to appoint administrators.”
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