Plans to regenerate the derelict Fairmile Hospital site in Cholsey, Oxfordshire, have been approved by South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC).

The plans by the landowner Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), developer Linden Homes, part of the Galliford Try Group, and Thomas Homes, will transform the Victorian hospital site into a sustainable and vibrant community and part of the wider Cholsey area.


This has been achieved despite the challenges of the site with listed buildings and historic landscaped gardens, mature trees – combined with the economic recession.

The development will feature 354 new homes including refurbished houses and apartments within the retained Grade II hospital buildings, and new homes in part of the surrounding grounds to support the restoration of the listed buildings. In addition a good mix of commercial, community and leisure facilities as well as the landscaped grounds will be accessible to the wider public.

The new homes will achieve Sustainable Homes Code Level 3 and level 4 rating and 30 per cent will be affordable, offering a mix of social rented and shared-ownership schemes. An enhanced bus service will also serve the site.

(CD/GK)