Newcastle City Council planning officers have recommended for approval the 29-acre regeneration masterplan of the former General Hospital site, which has a gross development value of £500m.
The planning committee will meet on 26 April to make a decision.
Newcastle University and its development partner, Genr8 Kajima Regeneration, are seeking planning permission to create a Health Innovation Neighbourhood that will include 350,000 sq ft of research and innovation facilities, a further 350,000 sq ft of business, employment and education space, 100,000 sq ft of NHS and other health-related facilities, and 1,250 new homes, up to 15% of which will be classified as affordable.
The majority of the existing buildings on site, which include temporary NHS facilities, the university’s Campus for Ageing and Vitality, and vacant hospital buildings, are proposed to be demolished to facilitate the site’s redevelopment.
The first building in the first phase of the scheme will be known as the DigECarE Hub, a digitally enabled hub for care everywhere, which will support local community needs, consisting of community-accessible facilities, a café and spaces for digital learning, alongside innovation, research and training suites and office facilities.
This first building of the neighbourhood is expected to create a southern gateway and attractive frontage to Westgate Road, setting the standard for the wider site and phases of development to come.
Pegasus Group advised the jv on planning matters. The masterplan has been designed by GSS Architecture.
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