A ROOFTOP football pitch, dazzling neon lights and panels harvesting the sun’s power.

This may sounds like the blueprint for the lair of a Bond villain or a state-of-art Tokyo business complex.

However, this is the possible future of Eastleigh Mitchell Road multi-storey car park, according to council bosses who have spent £20,000 on consultant fees and staff time on this proposal.

A “living wall” of grass surrounding the building, a skate- park, allotments, beehives and even an open air auditorium are among the other options to be considered.

The dank stairwells and grubby interior may be transformed into a well-lit motorists’ paradise with bright, flowing corridors, works of art and space age escalators according to council documents.

Also under discussion is the possibility of the new space age car park doubling as a billboard carrying giant adverts across its frontage.

Eastleigh Borough Council chiefs want the outside of the building to be as eye-catching as possible and are looking at these radical designs as a way of putting the town on the map.

A figure of more than a £1m was set aside to renovate the car park but no budget has been set for these additional works.

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The plans were slammed by the leader of the Conservative Group, Godfrey Olson, who was council chief when the original car park was built in 1980.

He said: “It was basic but functional. I accept it needs a revamp but can we really afford to be making plans for iconic buildings in the current economic climate?

“These grandiose plans are way over the top and I doubt they will ever be introduced.

“When people are worried about their jobs and charges are being increased it is unreasonable to spend a huge sum of money dollying up a car park. Southampton Road is not The Mall in London.

“I would imagine the improvements would cost more than the original building – it is an extravagance.”

The authority decided the multi-storey and the surrounding streets needed a new image after an internal review blasted it as “unpleasant, dark, smelly, uninviting and intimidating.”