This derelict former hospital site is being re-born as a high quality mixed-use development, including a 110-bedroom retirement village, together with shops and facilities for residents.

WNDC granted planning approval for the scheme in May 2010, which will include the refurbishment and re-use of some of the existing buildings, such as the conversion of the Grade II Listed former Northampton Workhouse building into office accommodation for small businesses.

Key Facts

• The developer is local company Rochmills
• The four-acre town centre site has been derelict since the hospital closed in 1998
• The first phase of the development, a new retail building, started in May 2009