THE former site of the Bury Times has been fenced-off to make way for a new car park.

The land, on Market Street, had been used as an unofficial free car park but was closed off earlier this week. It is expected to be turned into parking spaces, as part of a two-storey leisure and retail development on the corner of Angouleme Way and Spring Street. Planning permission was granted to High Point Estates last November to build the development with a gym, pool, changing rooms and bars.