Land North of Fareham Community Hospital, Henry Road, Sarisbury Green, Southampton, SO31 7PD

Description
The site comprises of an area of open land located to the north of the Fareham Community Hospital complex. Bordered by dense vegetation to the north and partially to the south, the site is bound by the main hospital complex located to the south, Gloucester Drive to the west, Brook Lane Surgery and Sarisbury Green delivery office to the east and housing to the north.

Principle of Development
The site is located within the former Coldeast Hospital site which is recognised under policy CS10 of the Fareham Core Strategy as an allocated development site. Policy CS10 states development will be permitted where it delivers or facilitates the delivery of high-quality development.

The site, which is an existing area of open space to the north of the existing community hospital, is allocated under Policy CS10 for a second phase of the existing community hospital development. However, this strand of the policy goes on to state other health, community or residential institution uses which fall within Classes C2 or D1 and D2 (now Classes E and F) will be permitted in the event the site is declared surplus to foreseeable NHS requirements.

The NHS have declared that the phase 2 extension of the main hospital is no longer required.

Location
The site is located immediately to the north of Fareham Community Hospital approximately 160m south of the A27 Bridge Road in Sarisbury Green.

M27 Jct 9 is circa 1.6 miles to the east and central Southampton circa 7.3 miles to the northwest. Swanwick railway station is approx. 0.9 miles to the northeast.