Doreen in Housing call for Hospital Land

DOREEN is pressing the NHS for faster action to redevelop the vacant land at the Walkergate Hospital site. DOREEN recently met with the chief executive of Newcastle NHS Hospitals Trust to discuss plans for part of the site – just outside the North Heaton ward boundary – which has been empty for several years despite being vacated by the NHS.

Your Lib Dem councillors would like vacant land to be available for much needed new housing, such as specialist housing for older people or affordable housing.

DOREEN says “We are well aware of the shortage of housing for people locally and particularly favour provision of additional housing for older people in our area. This site would be ideal and would be relatively easy to redevelop compared to other brownfield sites – there is a shortage of available sites in Heaton and High Heaton so the logic of using this site is obvious.” We are continuing to lobby the NHS, the council’s Fairer Housing Unit, and the Homes and Communities Agency for plans for housing on the vacant site.”