Public urged to give feedback on planning application in Spilsby

Residents are being asked to have their say on ambitious plans for a new doctors’ surgery in the market town of Spilsby. 

The GP partners at Spilsby Surgery say the new £3.3m practice they want to build will give local people access to more doctors and healthcare specialists, offering a wider range of services.

A public planning consultation urging people in the community to give their views online has now been launched by healthcare property specialists Primary Health Properties Plc, which is representing the practice.

This consultation is on the planning process and is not a formal public consultation to gather patients’ views, which will start in the new year.

East Lindsey District Council identified the need for a new doctors’ surgery in its 2018 Local Plan and land to the east of Spilsby has been earmarked, alongside a new housing development of 600 homes.

Developers have said the proposals for the site – stretching along the eastern boundary of Spilsby between Ashby Road to the north and Halton Road to the south – will be “transformative” for the area’s economic future.

The existing Spilsby Surgery, which has nearly 7,500 registered patients, opened in the early 1980s on Simpson Street in the town centre but the practice has now outgrown the premises.

It is proposed that the existing site will be closed and all services transferred to a new building – which will be substantially larger in size – if the scheme receives the Clinical Commissioning Group and council’s go-ahead.

The proposed move would mean the surgery could accommodate more clinical and support staff, who will cater for existing patients as well as those from the new housing development. The area would also allow for future expansion if needed.