St James' Hospital Portsmouth: Listed Buildings

(asked on 19th September 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the transfer and sale of St James Hospital in Portsmouth was split into two phases; and what assessment he has made of the impact of transfer of the building on its Grade II listed buildings and curtilage.


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Will Quince
This question was answered on 19th October 2023

Portsmouth NHS Clinical Commissioning Group declared the hospital site as surplus in 2014. NHS Property Services, the owners of the site, engaged with Portsmouth County Council to develop a Masterplan which involved a two-phase approach, with the Council inviting Homes England to purchase part of the site, which was completed in 2015. Phase 1 was for an affordable housing scheme and Phase 2 for the conversion of the listed hospital building and new build residential units. The intention was for Phase 1 to be developed before the remainder of the site (Phase 2) became vacant.

The conversion of listed buildings such as St James’ Hospital is a sustainable way of maintaining heritage assets and ensuring their preservation in the long term. The current planning applications for both Homes England’s Phase 1 affordable housing scheme and Phase 2 for the conversion of the listed buildings and new build residential units, reflect the original Masterplan.

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