\n In May, housebuilder Newland Homes bought Southgate House, off Pans Lane, from NHS Property Services after the site was marketed for \u00a32.5 million.\n<\/p>\n
\n The site, which features a large office building, was once the home of the local Clinical Commissioning Group but has since been empty for some time.\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2024, plans were lodged by NHS Property Services and Newland Homes to demolish the offices and replace them with 34 homes.\n<\/p>\n
\n Wiltshire Council has now granted planning permission for this development.\n<\/p>\n
\n Newland Homes says it will begin initial works on the site before starting demolition and construction next year.\n<\/p>\n
\n Southgate House office building in Devizes (Image: Alder King Property Consultants)\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson for Newland Homes said: \u201cOur full planning application for 34 homes at Southgate House in Devizes has now been approved.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThis scheme is a redevelopment of a brownfield site, comprising 33 open market and one affordable first home.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe will now continue with our preparatory works prior to demolition and development commencing in 2026.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The NHS offices were deemed surplus to requirements by the service years ago and the money raised by the sale has been reinvested into local healthcare services.\n<\/p>\n
\n Newland Homes says the development of a currently disused brownfield site will help provide sustainable homes in Devizes.\n<\/p>\n
\n Speaking after the sale went through, Simon Richardson, associate land director at Newland Homes, said the scheme would make an important contribution to the town\u2019s growth.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cThe government has repeatedly stated its ambition for new homes to be delivered on previously developed land, highlighting the importance of regenerating underused areas to support urban renewal.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThis site represents the kind of sustainable development opportunity the government wants to see come forward, making it an important contribution towards Devizes\u2019 future growth.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Concerns have previously been raised about the lack of affordable housing in the plans by Devizes Town Council and other groups.\n<\/p>\n
\n Just one unit has been earmarked as an affordable home.\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite this, the proposal has been given the green light by Wiltshire Council.\n<\/p>\n
\n Plans have indicated the new homes will be zero carbon properties served by EV charging points.\n<\/p>\n
\n A Newland Homes spokesperson added: \u201cThere is a passionate commitment to creating an increasingly sustainable legacy with each and every home.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cNewland Homes prides itself on not only meeting but exceeding current building regulations and planning requirements with the future constantly at the forefront of our plans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In May, housebuilder Newland Homes bought Southgate House, off Pans Lane, from NHS Property Services after the site…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-224904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}