A GP Surgery in Burley-in-Wharfedale is to get support to extend from Bradford Council.
Members of Bradford Council’s Executive today agreed funding opportunities from the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). The CIL is intended to be a means of contributing to the funding of infrastructure required to support the delivery of the Local Plan and comes from new property developments.
The Grange Park Surgery, Burley in Wharfedale requested funding for an extension to help meet increased demand. Members of the Executive agreed to confirm an allocation of CIL of no more than £400,000 at the Executive Committee in July 2024 to help the surgery meet the increased demand.
The CIL payments from the residential development at Sun Lane and Ilkley Road will be collected shortly so an allocation cannot be agreed to this year but a funding agreement will be reached with Grange Park Surgery subject to the CIL payments for this development being received.
Currently the practice has a patient population of 6900 compared to 4500 when it first opened in 1984. It has been established that the additional demand on services at the facility from the Sun Lane housing development cannot be supported in their current state and the extension to their premises is required in this instance to meet the additional demand.
Cllr Alex Ross-Shaw, Bradford Council’s Executive Member for Regeneration, Planning and Transport, said: “We are pleased to be able to reach an agreement with the practice to support their extension and help them meet the increased demand. The government’s funding formula for NHS expansion fails to provide this practice all the funding they need to grow so we’re pleased to be able to step in and plug the gap. The fact we have to do this underlines that while this CIL money goes some way to addressing the impacts of new housing developments, it falls well short of the funding needed to meet the infrastructure needs of the district.”
Louise Clarke, Director of Strategy and Transformation, for Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership said: "This investment is very much needed and this decision will help secure a purpose-built site that adapts to the changes expected in the local population. This is an example of how we can work in partnership to deliver services for our local communities fit for the future."
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