This website provides information on our plans to transform the area by providing new housing and employment opportunities as part of the ongoing regeneration of Coulsdon. National regeneration agency HCA purchased the Cane Hill Hospital site from the National Health Service (NHS) in April 2007.

On 1st December 2008 English Partnerships became part of the Homes and Communities Agency, the national housing and regeneration agency for England. The agency’s role is to create thriving sustainable communities and affordable housing. It will work nationally but support the ambitions of local partners to provide better places that offer homes and jobs for all. The HCA is committed to engaging people in the development of Cane Hill to ensure it meets the needs of the local community and is a place in which they want to live and work.

A number of uses for the site have been suggested over the past 20 years and previous schemes have centred on a Science and Innovation Park. In 2006 HCA and LBC jointly commissioned a Science and Innovation Feasibility Study to gain a clear understanding of the viability of a Science Park on the site. The results of the recently completed study are now being assessed and will form part of the development of options. Whilst detailed plans have yet to be developed, a vision for the former Hospital site has been identified which focuses on a high-quality scheme with a balanced mix of living, working and recreational uses.

The scheme will provide new jobs and homes for local people whilst respecting and improving the existing environment. It is important that our proposals are being developed within the site's Green Belt planning designation and we recognise the environmental importance of the Cane Hill site to the local community. This website is a part of the comprehensive consultation programme with local residents, businesses and politicians to assist us develop proposals for the site. The website enables local people and businesses to ask questions and communicate directly with us as we move the scheme forward. By working in partnership with the community, we will ensure the future development of the Cane Hill Hospital site responds to local needs and helps to regenerate Coulsdon.

The proposals for the site will have an influence on and be affected by the regeneration of the surrounding area. There are a series of key sites in proximity to the Cane Hill site:

• Red Lion – Planning permission still being sought by Aldi
• Pinewood – Planning permission granted on 6th December 2007 for a six storey building comprising of a Sainsbury store on the ground floor and twenty-six flats above
• Lion Green Road Car Park – future uses for the site still under consideration
• Coulsdon North Industrial Estate – planning permission granted on 1st November 2007 for a 3,295 sq m Audi car showroom
• Coulsdon South station – the Council is seeking to make improvements to the station building and facilities

The comments and feedback received from consultation which has already occurred will be analysed as part of this project and will help shape the development proposals.

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