Disused Eastbourne DGH tennis courts to make way for offices

The three-storey modular building would be to the rear of the hospital site and have a total internal floor area of 1,334 sqm.

The new office space would be used for hospital administration.

A planning application for the works is set to be discussed by Easbourne Borough Council’s planning committee on Tuesday (July 21).

According to an officers’ report: “The new building will allow the relocation of administration staff which will make way for space to be able to provide additional beds with the main hospital areas.

“The proposal is to relocate existing staff and not to increase the number of staff.”

The application describes how the tennis courts’ have not been used for many years, with the surface almost completely broken up.

The hospital’s current administration demands outweigh the space available and future requirements for increased ward spaces ‘necessitates the move for existing offices to a new location’.

The modules would be delivered to the site by a truck and lifted into place by a crane.

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