Controversial plans to demolish a historic building and replace it with a doctor’s surgery were unanimously refused by councillors
. Developers applied to flatten Oban House in Beeston to make way for a new doctor’s surgery and pharmacy.
The surgery had 7,500 patients when it opened in 1982 and by the end of this year it is predicted to have 15,000 patients – and this number is likely to hit 18,000 patients by 2025. Mr Mok said they had been looking for a new site for years. Tamar Feast, a trustee of Beeston Civic Society, said: “Demolishing Oban House and replacing it with a building of substandard quality, character and design constitutes to piecemeal erosion of these conservation areas plus the total loss of a valuable building and its mature trees.
She said: “I know the immense pressure that our services are facing, some of which are happening because people can’t access GP services quick enough. I have a lot of sympathy for the case for a bigger surgery.
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