Plans are being drawn up to create a new city centre car park at Oxpens near Oxford ice rink.

It will act as a replacement for the multi-storey Westgate car park, which is being demolished as part of the redevelopment of the Westgate shopping centre.

Developers say the Oxpens car park will be built as a temporary structure and will be removed once the new car park for up to 1,300 vehicles is completed.

It is expected to resemble a larger version of the temporary car parking proposed for Bicester Village, pictured left.

The temporary building will be put up because work on the £330m retail centre has been delayed by a late inquiry into compulsory purchase orders.

The inquiry will not be held until December.

Developers say the work, which was due to start in the spring, will now be delayed until the summer.

However, the consortium behind the development, Westgate Partnership, said they were confident the shopping centre would still open in the autumn of 2011.

The public inquiry in December will listen to the concerns of businesses and residents, whose properties will be bought to allow the scheme to go ahead.