Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what sites have (a) secured land and (b) planning permission under the New Hospital Programme as of 4 January 2022.
As of 4 January 2023, within the New Hospital Programme, 20 schemes have received either full or outline planning permission and 27 have secured land including schemes which are on an existing site. The following table shows the scheme, planning permission status and land secured for the New Hospital Programme.
Scheme name | Planning permission status | Land secured |
Moorfields | Full planning permission approved | Yes |
Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (in construction) | Full planning permission approved | Yes |
Northern Centre for Cancer Care (completed) | Full planning permission approved | Yes |
Northgate Hospital (in construction) | Full planning permission approved | Yes |
Royal Liverpool University Hospital (completed) | Full planning permission approved | Yes |
Salford Royal – Greater Manchester Major Trauma Hospital (in construction) | Full planning permission approved | Yes |
Royal Sussex County Hospital – Brighton Trauma, Tertiary and Training (3Ts) (in construction) | Full planning permission approved | Yes |
Dyson Cancer Centre (Royal United Bath Hospital) (in construction) | Full planning permission approved | Yes |
Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital | Outline planning permission awaiting approval | Yes, existing site |
National Rehabilitation Centre | Full planning permission approved | Lease on new site in negotiation |
Shotley Bridge Community Hospital | Outline planning permission approved | Lease on new site in negotiation |
Women and Children’s Hospital, Cornwall | Outline planning permission approved | Yes, existing site |
Dorset County Hospital (Dorchester) | Awaiting outline planning application outcome | Yes, existing site |
Derriford Emergency Care Hospital | Full planning permission approved | Yes, existing site |
Dorset – Christchurch Hospital | Outline planning permission approved | Yes, existing site |
Dorset – St Ann’s Hospital | Outline planning permission approved | Yes, existing site |
Dorset – Bournemouth Hospital | Outline planning permission approved | Yes, existing site |
Dorset – Poole Hospital | Outline planning permission approved | Yes, existing site |
Watford General, Hemel Hempstead and St Alban’s City Hospitals | Outline planning permission approved for Hemel Hempstead and St Alban’s City Hospitals | Yes, existing site. Small plot of land required subject to business case. |
Leeds General Infirmary | Outline planning permission approved | Yes, existing site |
North Manchester General Hospital | Strategic Redevelopment Framework in place | Yes, existing site |
Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospitals | No planning permission in place | Yes, existing site |
Whipps Cross University Hospital | Outline planning permission in place and full planning permission for multi storey car park | Yes, existing site |
Hillingdon Hospital | No planning permission in place | Yes, existing site |
Leicester General Hospital, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Glenfield Hospital | No planning permission in place | Yes, existing site |
West Suffolk Hospital | Outline planning permission approved | Yes, adjacent to existing site |
Milton Keynes Hospital | Not approved yet | Yes, existing site |
Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospitals, Imperial | No planning permission in place | Yes, existing site |
St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial | No planning permission in place | Yes, existing site |
Requirements for planning permission and securing of land will be dependent on when the schemes will progress as part of the New Hospital Programme, and we will continue to support trusts with their planning applications and securing of land as and when required.