Games Workshop given thumbs-up to increase parking spaces at Warhammer World and factory site
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By Joe Locker, Local Democracy Reporter
Games Workshop has been given permission to increase the number of parking spaces at its Nottingham headquarters.
The fantasy miniature and tabletop games manufacturer, which is based at Willow Road in Lenton, has found continued success following a pandemic boom.
In December it made its debut on the FTSE 100 index, which features the 100 most valuable companies listed in London, and it is now valued at just under £4.3 billion – putting it slightly ahead of EasyJet.
To meet demand Games Workshop will be opening an “upgraded and enhanced” paint plant at Easter Park, a business park across the road from its HQ, as well as a fourth factory in summer 2026.
Documents now show Nottingham City Council has given the firm permission to increase the number of parking spaces at the HQ – due to a “deficit” owing to the expansion.
There are currently 326 spaces for staff members and 68 for members of the public attending the retail store, Warhammer World exhibition space, gaming hall and bar.
However, under the council’s parking guidance policy, Games Workshop says it doesn’t have enough spaces.
It may now add 90 spaces to its HQ site.
“The council’s parking guidance policy tells us we need 487 parking spaces based on the size and use classification of our campus,” documents submitted by the firm say.
“Therefore we have a parking deficit of 93 spaces. Our planning application to add a further 90 parking spaces to the campus resolves this deficit and complies with the council’s parking guidance policy.”
In December last year city planners approved proposals for the paint plant at Easter Park.
The facility will feature a 3,000-litre tank for paint storage. Paint is used by hobbyists and collectors to hand-paint miniatures and other figures produced by the firm in its factories.
Permission was also granted for a new £9m factory – on the site of the council’s old transport depot – the same month.
The fantasy figures are typically used for table-top conflict games, where hobbyists pit their armies against one another.
Rule and ‘lore’ books – building fictional stories around the figure ranges and games – are also produced by an arm of Games Workshop called Black Library.
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