A car park at the centre of complaints about car clampers is set to be the site of a new £1 million medical centre.

Rawdon Road car park in Haworth, owned by Ted Evans, has been earmarked by Airedale Primary Care Trust to replace the village's present GP practice in Station Road.

Keighley Area Planning Panel, which meets on Thursday, is being recommended to approve the scheme.

The panel is awaiting a report from English Heritage because the building will be in Haworth Conservation area.

The medical centre is planned for the car park where, over a number of years, angry motorists have complained about being clamped after overstaying their time.

The site has been sold to developers by Mr Evans who will continue to own nearby Changegate car park, which is sub-let to a clamping company.

Andrew Gunnee, project director for NHS-funded LIFT (Local Improvement Finance Trust), which is spearheading the project, said the new centre would provide excellent facilities for the people of Haworth.

He said the present building was outdated and cramped.

The new medical centre would be more spacious and have improved facilities for dealing with more out-patient work on site rather than in a hospital setting.

A Bradford Council spokesman said the loss of car parking space - 80 spaces at Rawdon Road - would be partially made up by improving the Council-owned Bankfield Quarry car and coach park in Haworth.

"The developers have offered £10,000 for such improvements. It is estimated that around 40 extra spaces could be provided by improving the lay out and bay markings," he said.

He said vehicles would also be able to park in the medical centre car park, with 58 spaces, at the weekends.

Mr Evans, who has lived in Haworth for 30 years, said he had sold the land to the developers and the Changegate car park would continue to operate.

"I'm delighted there will be a new medical centre in Haworth - the present centre is out of date," he said.

"The village has needed something like this for a long time."

Airedale Primary Care Trust hopes to have the project finished in 2004.