Mayfield based health centre and community hall takes step forward

A planning application has been submitted for a new health centre and community hall in Mayfield.  

The project to build a new community hall and health centre is being undertaken in partnership between Wealden District Council and Mayfield & Five Ashes Parish Council.

The delivery of a purpose-built health centre, incorporating four GP consulting rooms, three treatment rooms, patient waiting room and ancillary spaces together with an adjacent community centre comprising halls, a community hub, office space and flexible meeting rooms, will provide the residents of Mayfield and Five Ashes with much improved medical and village facilities.  

Councillor Kelvin Williams, Alliance for Wealden (Liberal Democrat), and lead councillor for Public Health and Asset Management said, “The submission of the planning application for the new health centre and community hall in Mayfield is a significant step forward in us being able to provide accessible, high-quality healthcare to the Wealden community."

Ian Parker, chairman of Mayfield & Five Ashes Parish Council, said, “This is a complicated project with numerous factors to consider, but thanks to the hard work of our partners at Wealden, my colleagues on the Parish Council and all those involved we have overcome some significant issues to get to this point. It’s an exciting stage and one more step along the way to delivering this much needed and important building for our community. We look forward to making further progress in 2025 and to bringing the project to fruition.”

Andrew Cornell, managing partner of Ashdown Medical Group, said, “These plans are exciting. Our current surgery isn’t fit for purpose and the new medical centre will give us the opportunity to provide a top-quality service for the people of Mayfield and Five Ashes and for their children and grandchildren. Without this purpose-built premises, the future in our current building is very unknown.”

A Pre-Construction Services Agreement was signed earlier this year with Baxall Construction Limited, a local contractor to deliver the project.