Progress on plans for old Devizes community hospital site
Nearly 60 new homes are planned on New Park Road in Devizes
Plans for nearly 60 new homes at a former community hospital in Wiltshire have progressed.
In February 2024, members of the eastern area planning committee resolved to grant planning permission for the redevelopment of the former Devizes Community Hospital on New Park Road with 58 homes and a flexible commercial unit.
This approval was subject to a section 106 legal agreement between Wiltshire Council and NHS Property Services, which has now been completed.
The council’s official approval of the plans was sent to the applicants on Thursday, January 30.
The site was no longer needed by the NHS following the relocation of services to the new integrated care centre on Marshall Road.
NHS Property Services decided that the redevelopment was a chance to “reinvigorate” the old community hospital which was “surplus to the requirements of the local NHS”.
According to the plans, which they submitted back in 2022, they saw their proposals as aiming “to help form part of the successful regeneration of the wider Wharf area”.
They also said: “We are mindful of the contribution the historic red brick hospital buildings fronting New Park Road make to the character of the Devizes Conservation Area and we will retain and restore these as part of the development proposals.”