A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build a new hospital in North Waltham is expected to be submitted tomorrow.

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust announced plans to build a new critical treatment hospital, expected to cost in excess of £150million, on a 22-hectare greenfield site on the north side of the A30 near junction 7 of the M3.

In addition, an £18.5m cancer treatment centre is proposed on the same site.

More than 450 people attended a two-day public exhibition on the plans at Basingstoke Golf Club in February to view and comment on the designs for the proposed development.

The trust has now announced that the long-awaited planning application is expected to be submitted to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council tomorrow.

The application is part of the trust’s proposal to develop a centre that will treat the sickest and high risk patients.

However, the majority of patients will continue to be treated at hospitals in Andover, Basingstoke and Winchester.

If approved, building work is expected to start in 2016, and it should be opened by the end of 2018.

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