Prime Highlights
- Plymouth City Council approves a second £25m community diagnostic centre at Colin Campbell Court.
- New facility to offer MRI, ultrasound, phlebotomy and other services from 8am to 8pm daily.
Key Facts
- Second CDC joins the recently opened £22m facility built by BAM UK and Ireland.
- Scheme designed as car-free, removing 78 parking spaces while keeping 5 accessible ones.
Background
Plymouth City Council has given the green light to a second community diagnostic centre (CDC) at Colin Campbell Court, opening the door to a new £25m facility built to widen diagnostic services and grow the city’s developing “health village”.
Standing four storeys tall, the building will sit next to the £22m CDC that BAM UK and Ireland recently completed on land the NHS received as a donation, with local firm KTA Architects behind the design of both projects.
The new centre draws on up to £25m in government funding and forms part of wider efforts to regenerate Plymouth’s West End while bringing healthcare closer to residents.
Patients using the finished facility will have access to MRI scanning, bone density imaging, hepatology, ultrasound, phlebotomy, glaucoma assessment, and dedicated consultation and examination rooms, with the site open from 8am to 8pm every day of the week.
Its main purpose is cutting down the number of patients who need to travel to Derriford Hospital for routine tests, taking pressure off the acute hospital and adding capacity for cancer care pathways and point-of-care testing.
John Stephens, Director of Estate and Facilities at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, pointed to the approval as a key milestone in turning Colin Campbell Court into a modern healthcare hub, crediting the strong working relationship between the trust and the council.
Designed to be largely car-free, the scheme will remove 78 parking spaces from the site while keeping five accessible ones, banking on good bus links nearby to encourage sustainable travel.
The build will meet NHS sustainability targets, aim for BREEAM certification, and use modern construction techniques. Planning officers cleared the application under delegated powers, with no objections raised by the public.
Councillor Mary Aspinall, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care, called the scheme a major step toward building a health village that supports West End regeneration.
