NM8: Health and Wellbeing Centre
Policy NM8: Health and Wellbeing Centre
The Neighbourhood Plan identifies a Health & Wellbeing Centre, as shown on the Policies Maps, as a Town Centre redevelopment scheme. Development proposals will be supported for the co-location of health and wellbeing services and for an expanded facility to serve a larger and more diverse local community.
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The Town Council has the opportunity to work with partners to create a Health & Wellbeing Centre within the town centre at Spencer Road to provide an enhanced health and wellbeing centre with co-designed services that include health assessments and activity plans to protect, maintain and prolong good health.
Proposals for mixed use development or redevelopment to include a health facility at ground level with health and wellbeing uses at upper floors will be supported to provide a new, purpose built health and wellbeing centre. The Town Council is currently leading a Steering Group with the West Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group and local General Practices to deliver a hub that streamlines the three surgeries and provides additional health services. This policy therefore supports this project.
Given the likely challenges in funding the enhancements required to deliver the facility, one option which has been presented is to release this location for development ( See Policy NM5) and create a new expanded Health and Wellbeing facility at Caird Avenue (See Policy NM3) The landowners of both sites are open to the consideration of either proposal.