Derriford Hospital Car Parking

I think that a lot of people commenting on here, are ignoring the fact that everyone will have to reapply for their parking permits soon. With Bircham park & ride closing in June, and Car park E being handed back to the developer,there are going to be hundreds less parking spaces available, so less parking permits will be issued.
Plymouth city council have already told the trust that they would like more staff to use public transport, and there have already been rumours that PCC are planning to charge for parking at their Milehouse, George & Coypool park & ride sites. If you don't get issued with a parking permit then you will not have to pay the increased parking charges, but unless you are in a position to utilise public transport, then you may find great difficulty parking elsewhere as an awful lot of staff will be looking for any available free on-street parking within a 2 mile radius of the hospital.
Depressing for the staff,hellish for the local residents!