Proposed GP and nursery site to be new flats

A total of 19 new flats are to be built on a site in Surrey previously earmarked for a GP and children's nursery.

The Sheerwater regeneration project was set to see a new medical centre, children's nursery and community hub after Woking Borough Council borrowed hundreds of millions to transform the borough, including replacing derelict housing and ageing infrastructure.

The council began by demolishing the newer buildings, leaving the ones most in need of replacing until the end.

However, the council ran out of money with debts of more than £2bn before finishing the project, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS).

The regeneration promised new housing and modern clinics, but at a planning committee meeting on 15 April, it was announced that councillors approved plans to build 19 new flats instead.

Sheerwater will continue to use the old sites that had long been earmarked for demolition, LDRS reports.

The community and health centres will be replaced with a mixture of single storey flats and duplexes, while the nursery space that had been previously approved will also be replaced with flats.

Outdoor space reserved for the nursery will be split among a portion of the new flats that have direct access, while the remainder will be used as a communal garden.

The dental and pharmacy spaces and the retail frontages along Dartmouth Avenue are to be retained.

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