Civic Centre site to see 180 new homes as Hospital closure plans take shape
- 180 flats/houses are to be built on the former Civic Centre site by April 2031
- This is part of plans by Housebuilders Hill Group and Dacorum Council for at least 1500 new town centre homes
- Hill Group and the Council are collaborating in the Dacorum Investment Partnership (DIP)
- The NHS is now pushing for 639 flats/houses on the site of the Hospital after it is closed and demolished
- The Hospital’s services will be moved to two floors of a planned new ‘neighbourhood health centre’ Hub on Market Square
- Community health services will be housed on one floor of the health centre, which received the backing of regional NHS bosses recently
- The Water Gardens car parks are to be the site of affordable housing and other development
- DIP has been asked to come up with plans for the hundreds of extra car spaces that will be needed for the Hub
- These are almost certain to be on extra layers of the Water Gardens North Car Park.
- The plans of DIP are set out in this Investment Plan (see especially pages 14-17 and page 22)
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