PLANNING COMMITTEE AGENDA - Hartlepool Borough Council

Planning Committee – 25 th February 2009 4.1
No: 14
Number:
H/2009/0025
Applicant:
Hartlepool & North Tees PCT
Agent:
S J R Architects Suite 101 The Innovation Centre
Venture Court Queens Meadow Business Park
HARTLEPOOL TS25 5TG
Date valid: 13/01/2009
Development: Siting of a temporary doctors surgery with associated car
parking
Location:
LAND NEXT TO 370 CATCOTE ROAD HARTLEPOOL
HARTLEPOOL
Background
14.1 This is one of two applications submitted by the Hartlepool and North Tees
Primary Health Trust for the siting of a temporary doctors surgery at the Fens
Shopping Parade.
14.2 The two applications are 2 options to provide the required accommodation. The
applications follow a recent planning approval (H/2008/0570) for the change of use
of 424-426 Catcote Road (on the shopping parade) to a permanent GP Surgery (see
below).
14.3 The applicant has given the following information as background to this
application:
Our NHS Our Future, and the Darzi Interim NHS Next Stage Review (NSR)
emphasised the need to develop care outside of hospitals and in particular
prioritised improvements in access to GP led primary care services. There
was a commitment to establish at least 150 GP led health centres as well as
100 new GP practices in areas of greatest need and so Hartlepool PCT is
tasked to develop 1 health centre and 2 additional GP practices.
Procurements have been taking place over the last year to ensure that
services commence on 1st April 2009. This has always been a very
challenging timescale.
A 13 week consultation process completed on 4 August 2008 was designed
to ensure that the proposals are reflective of local need and views and
opinions have been collected from a number of stakeholders including the
local population, Practice Based Commissioning groups, GP practices,
feedback from prior consultations and a range of departments and individuals
across both the PCT and local authority.
The outcome of the consultations led to the recommendation to site one of the
GP practices in the Fens Ward. A shop unit within the Local Centre
was identified and planning permission for change of use was granted.
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