As plans are submitted to build 27 office blocks and industrial units at Grove Farm, on the outskirts of Worcester, the area has emerged as the city council's latest candidate for a park-and-ride site.

Now, there are arguments for and against building on Grove Farm.

Yes, the offices would provide new jobs for Worcester. But they would also destroy more precious green space - and God knows there are plenty of derelict brownfield sites in this city on which to build.

But if planners decide to give the office development the green light, putting park-and-ride in the same place does make sense (let's ignore the debate about how effective

park-and-ride sites actually are).

It means one greenfield site is taken up, rather than two, and the city council can get the developers to pay for some infastructure as a condition of giving the go-ahead.

If the council wants to really be sensible, it would think about building a multi-storey car park or, even better, putting the cars underground.

Traditional single-level car parks take up an awful lot of space, and aren't exactly pretty - witness the whole swathes of Worcester city centre that are covered with them.

Multi-storey or underground car parks are a great way of efficiently cramming a lot of cars into a relatively small space and minimising the effect on the environment.

And if you're going to be digging things up anyway, the extra cost is less of a drawback.

Something for the people who run the Worcestershire Royal to think about, too...