A train operator has issued a 'do not travel' warning ahead of a huge weekend for music gigs in Manchester.
24.05.2022 - 18:23 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A derelict former hospital is set to be transformed into a GP practice and mental health centre, at a cost of almost £4m.
A full planning application has been submitted to Trafford council for the former Stretford Memorial Hospital in Old Trafford, previously owned by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. The proposals, from entrepreneur and investor Mark Schofield, are set to transform the Stretford Memorial Hospital on Seymour Grove site, which closed in 2015 and has sat empty ever since.
The building has been targeted by vandals, arsonists and squatters and has cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of pounds in private security fees over the last seven years. According to a Freedom of Information request response, security costs incurred by the Trust from 2015-2021 totalled more than £260,000.
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The site comprises Basford House, which was built in 1860 as a private residence, plus a two-storey wing. Basford House is set to be revamped and converted into a GP surgery, while the two-storey building will become a day-care mental health and wellbeing centre.
Two existing single-storey buildings also on site will be renovated to service the surgery. There will be a car park and extensive landscaping to preserve the area’s green open spaces and protect the well-established trees in the grounds.
Mark Scholes said: “The costs [of the site] are being met by the taxpayer, and are substantial and escalating. The site is subject to significant vandalism and instances of arson.
“I understand there have been expressions of interest in the past from housing developers, but that these have come to nothing.
“The site’s
A train operator has issued a 'do not travel' warning ahead of a huge weekend for music gigs in Manchester.
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