New future for landmark military hospital

A planning application to convert two listed former hospitals in Hampshire, which together nursed the injured war heroes of almost all Britain’s 20th century conflicts back to health, has been approved, paving the way for the landmark buildings to be transformed into housing.Housebuilder Grainger has been given the green light by Rushmoor Borough Council to redevelop the Cambridge Military and Louise Margaret hospitals in Aldershot, which form part of its wider Wellesley scheme.The hospitals will be converted into 115 private rental family houses, ranging from one-bedroom apartments to four-bedroom houses with gardens.The properties will be taken back to their original layout by retaining the principal Victorian buildings and removing any later additions that are considered to be “out of keeping”.The central core of the Cambridge Military Hospital will be developed into flexible commercial community space encouraging the wider public to interact with the building.