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Heatherwood Hospital ‘harmful’ plans approved
An NHS trust has been given approval to build a £90 million hospital on green belt land despite being warned the development would be harmful.
Councillors gave permission for Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot to be demolished and relocated to nearby woodland at a meeting recently.
Planners had recommended the proposal be refused, saying ‘priority habitat’ would be lost.
The NHS trust said it was ‘optimising the best use’ of its land.
The trust had to argue there were ‘very special circumstances’ to build on the land, but planning officers said the case for this was ‘not justified’.
The building of the new hospital, which will be used for planned procedures and feature six operating theatres and 70 beds, is expected to start in early 2018 and be completed in 2020.
Andrew Morris, chief executive of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, said: "If you are going to recover from surgery, there is nothing better than looking at a woodland environment for your recuperation.”
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